Franklin Square Park
Franklin Square Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Recreation Center, a park 0.8 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 9.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 3 mi
- Viewing Area · 11 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 12 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Tantallon Park: 0.9 mi
- Tantallon North Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Potomac Landing Park: 1.1 mi
- Potomac River Waterfront Park: 1.3 mi
- Fort Foote: 2.9 mi
- Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 5.1 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Slave Memorial: 5.4 mi
- The Awakening: 3.7 mi
- MGM Lion: 4.2 mi
- The Path of Thorns and Roses: 5.0 mi
- The Ship Builder: 5.3 mi
- The Edmonson Sisters: 5.9 mi
- Spirit Park Carousel: 3.7 mi
- The Capital Wheel at National Harbor: 3.7 mi
- South Corner Boundary Stone: 4.5 mi
- World War I-Era Rudder: 4.7 mi
- George Washington's Mount Vernon: 5.0 mi
- Mount Vernon District Park: 4.4 mi
- Belle Haven Park: 5.2 mi
- Vernon Heights Park: 5.3 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 6.6 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 6.7 mi
- Upper Garden: 5.2 mi
- Lower Garden: 5.2 mi
- Fruit Garden & Nursery: 5.3 mi
- Garden Mulch Supply: 6.7 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 6.1 mi
- Shooters Hill: 6.6 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 9.4 mi
- Peters Hill: 11.5 mi
- Munson Hill: 11.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Indian Head: 13.2 mi
- Possum Nose: 18.9 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 13.4 mi
- Beaver Landing: 20.6 mi
- Dolphin Beach: 20.6 mi
- West Beach: 20.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 16.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 17.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 18.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 19.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 19.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 19.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 19.9 mi
- Great Falls: 22.8 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.6 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.7 mi
- Wilson: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | NW 316° | 156 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | NW 318° | 144 m | 15.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NW 323° | 140 m | 14.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | NW 315° | 140 m | 18.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | NW 314° | 137 m | 14.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | NW 320° | 125 m | 12.6 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 344° | 123 m | 15.6 mi |
| Spy Hill | NW 321° | 114 m | 12.0 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 | 07:23 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 4 mi away.
- Juniper Geometer Moth30 obs
- Common Box Turtle26 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth19 obs
- White-dotted Prominent18 obs
- Red-lined Panopoda Moth17 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth16 obs
- Smoky Tetanolita Moth16 obs
- Tufted Apple Bud Moth14 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/358253842
Day trips start here
- Fort Washington · 1 mi
- National Harbor · 4 mi
- Mount Vernon · 5 mi
- South Alexandria · 5 mi
- Alexandria · 6 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 6 mi
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