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Edgewood Recreation Center

Edgewood Recreation Center from directly overhead

Edgewood Recreation Center is a park, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is LeDroit Senior Center, a park 0.4 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.9 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
49 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.92450, -77.00255

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 34
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Fishing Shore: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Edgewood Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 270°156 m12.4 mi
Hunting HillNW 317°156 m15.3 mi
Black HillNW 319°148 m24.1 mi
Mount DanielW 259°144 m9.9 mi
Minor's HillW 260°140 m8.5 mi
Freedom HillW 270°140 m12.9 mi
Prout HillWSW 254°137 m10.6 mi
Upton HillWSW 246°125 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel422 obs
  • House Sparrow288 obs
  • European Starling249 obs
  • Rock Pigeon212 obs
  • Domestic Cat181 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird175 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly175 obs
  • American Robin172 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/48207361

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