Douglass Pool
Douglass Pool is a park, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglass Community Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.0 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 3.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Douglass Community Center: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Terrace Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Oxon Run Park: 0.7 mi
- Frederick Douglass Home: 0.8 mi
- Hillcrest: 0.9 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 0.3 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 1.7 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 2.1 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 2.1 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 0.8 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 1.9 mi
- John Gould Stephenson: 1.9 mi
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief: 1.9 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 1.9 mi
- Alger Park: 1.0 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 1.5 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 1.7 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.1 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.4 mi
- The Big Chair: 1.1 mi
- Light Tower: 1.9 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 2.0 mi
- Flash Point: 2.2 mi
- Waterline: 2.2 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 1.5 mi
- USS Enterprise: 1.8 mi
- USS Mitscher: 1.9 mi
- Belva Lockwood: 1.9 mi
- Peter Pitchlynn: 1.9 mi
- River Street Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 2.2 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 2.5 mi
- Hilton Garden: 3.0 mi
- Troy Park: 5.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 6.7 mi
- Area 1: 6.8 mi
- Area 2: 6.9 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 3.9 mi
- Hickey Hill: 4.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 4.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Indian Head: 20.2 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 24.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 16.8 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 23.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 8.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 20.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.5 mi
- Great Falls: 17.9 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.6 mi
- Wilson: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Douglass Pool. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 290° | 156 m | 14.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 286° | 144 m | 11.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 290° | 140 m | 10.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 289° | 140 m | 15.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 280° | 137 m | 11.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 279° | 125 m | 9.2 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 322° | 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, 3 mi away.
- Domestic Cat84 obs
- White-tailed Deer53 obs
- American sweetgum52 obs
- Osprey50 obs
- Amur honeysuckle48 obs
- Mallard47 obs
- Porcelain Berry47 obs
- Northern Mockingbird42 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358961106
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 1 mi
- Suitland · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 4 mi
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