Congress Heights Recreation Center
Congress Heights Recreation Center is a park, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxon Run Pool, a park 0.4 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 2.3 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 2.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Oxon Run Pool: 0.4 mi
- Oxon Run Parkway: 0.8 mi
- Oxon Run Park: 1.1 mi
- Douglass Community Center: 1.2 mi
- Douglass Pool: 1.3 mi
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief: 0.8 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 1.6 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 2.8 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 2.8 mi
- Tom Lantos: 2.8 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 1.3 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 1.7 mi
- Alger Park: 2.3 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 4.3 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 1.4 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 1.5 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 2.2 mi
- Rubell Museum DC: 2.7 mi
- Oxon Hill Farm: 2.9 mi
- The Big Chair: 1.6 mi
- Thomas Edison: 1.8 mi
- Flash Point: 2.1 mi
- Light Tower: 2.1 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 2.5 mi
- River Street Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Hawaii: 3.3 mi
- World Deserts: 3.3 mi
- Medicinal Plants: 3.3 mi
- USS Enterprise: 2.3 mi
- USS Mitscher: 2.3 mi
- Titanic Monument: 2.4 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 2.6 mi
- Peter Pitchlynn: 2.7 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 1.6 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.6 mi
- Shooters Hill: 4.5 mi
- Peters Hill: 4.7 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 4.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 16.3 mi
- Beaver Landing: 24.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Indian Head: 19.0 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 24.3 mi
- Possum Nose: 24.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 9.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 10.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 12.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 20.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.1 mi
- Great Falls: 17.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.3 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.1 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.2 mi
- Wilson: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Congress Heights Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 294° | 156 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 327° | 156 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 291° | 144 m | 10.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 296° | 140 m | 9.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 293° | 140 m | 14.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 284° | 137 m | 10.9 mi |
| Upton Hill | WNW 285° | 125 m | 8.4 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 331° | 123 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 2 mi away.
- Monarch45 obs
- Common Box Turtle43 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
- Domestic Cat41 obs
- Mallard40 obs
- Eastern Elliptio37 obs
- American Robin36 obs
- American pokeweed36 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/48207263
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 2 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 3 mi
- Alexandria · 4 mi
- National Harbor · 4 mi
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