Hillcrest Recreation Center
Hillcrest Recreation Center is a park, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillcrest, a park 0.1 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 0.4 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 84 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillcrest: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Terrace Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- Fort Circle Park: 0.7 mi
- Randle Highlands: 0.8 mi
- Fort Davis Park: 0.8 mi
- Alger Park: 0.4 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 2.1 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 2.1 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.3 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 2.7 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 0.8 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 1.6 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 1.6 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 1.6 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 1.7 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 1.1 mi
- GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 1.3 mi
- Belva Lockwood: 1.7 mi
- Thomas Harmon Patterson: 1.7 mi
- Alexander Dallas Bache: 1.7 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- John Gould Stephenson: 1.7 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 1.7 mi
- Anne Royall: 1.7 mi
- George Mifflin Bache: 1.7 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 1.4 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 1.7 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- River Street Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Lovejoy Garden: 3.0 mi
- The Big Chair: 1.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 1.9 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 1.9 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 1.9 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 1.9 mi
- Troy Park: 5.9 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 7.4 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 3.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 3.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 3.7 mi
- Round Hill: 4.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 8.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 17.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 17.2 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 22.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Indian Head: 21.0 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 22.9 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 8.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 19.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.9 mi
- Great Falls: 18.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.5 mi
- Wilson: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillcrest Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 288° | 156 m | 15.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 321° | 156 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 283° | 144 m | 12.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 286° | 140 m | 11.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 287° | 140 m | 15.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 277° | 137 m | 12.5 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 276° | 125 m | 9.9 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 317° | 123 m | 8.9 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Domestic Cat102 obs
- American sweetgum84 obs
- Amur honeysuckle83 obs
- White-tailed Deer76 obs
- Porcelain Berry75 obs
- American beech71 obs
- eastern poison ivy71 obs
- garlic mustard64 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 way/295828228
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 1 mi
- Suitland · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./National Mall · 4 mi
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