Fort Lincoln Recreation Center
Fort Lincoln Recreation Center is a park, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dakota Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 4.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 5.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dakota Park: 0.3 mi
- Langdon Park: 0.9 mi
- Robert Yost Park: 0.9 mi
- U.S. National Arboretum: 1.0 mi
- Loomis Park: 1.0 mi
- Gotelli Dwarf and Slow Growing Conifer Collection: 0.6 mi
- Dogwood Collection: 0.7 mi
- Asian Collections: 0.9 mi
- Washington Youth Garden: 1.0 mi
- Holly and Magnolia Collections: 1.0 mi
- United Brick Corporation Brick Company: 0.8 mi
- National Capitol Columns: 1.2 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 1.5 mi
- Peace Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 1.8 mi
- National Bonsai and Penjing Museum: 1.1 mi
- Prince Georges African American Museum and Cultural Center: 1.4 mi
- Market Master House Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 2.4 mi
- Pope John Paul II National Shrine: 2.7 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, II: 1.7 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, I: 1.7 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, III: 1.7 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, IV: 1.7 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, V: 1.7 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 2.2 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.7 mi
- Alger Park: 4.2 mi
- Reservation 630: 5.5 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 5.6 mi
- John Smilie: 3.1 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 3.1 mi
- David Walker: 3.1 mi
- Nathaniel Hazard: 3.1 mi
- William Pinkney: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 5.1 mi
- Hickey Hill: 0.9 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 1.5 mi
- Round Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.7 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 22.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.5 mi
- Great Falls: 16.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.4 mi
- Wilson: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Lincoln Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 270° | 156 m | 14.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 311° | 156 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 261° | 144 m | 12.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 262° | 140 m | 10.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 270° | 140 m | 15.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 257° | 137 m | 13.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 251° | 125 m | 10.7 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 286° | 123 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 1 mi away.
- Blue Dasher1,070 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee487 obs
- Mallard481 obs
- Huron Skipper480 obs
- Great Egret434 obs
- pickerelweed422 obs
- Fragile Forktail413 obs
- Northern Mockingbird398 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/48207602
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier · 1 mi
- Hyattsville · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 3 mi
- College Park · 4 mi
- Takoma Park · 4 mi
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