La Plata Park
La Plata Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 56 m. Upton Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wills Memorial Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 12.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 13 mi
- Viewing Area · 25 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 25 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wills Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Clark Run Nature Park: 1.9 mi
- Clark Run Nature Area: 2.1 mi
- Port Tobacco Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Turkey Hill Park: 2.6 mi
- Port Tobacco Courthouse: 2.4 mi
- General Smallwood Retreat House: 10.5 mi
- Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon: 12.8 mi
- Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center: 12.9 mi
- Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon: 12.9 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 8.5 mi
- Marshall Hall: 11.6 mi
- Belvoir Manor: 12.2 mi
- Slave Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 12.7 mi
- Mansion Line Entry: 12.8 mi
- George Washington's Mount Vernon: 12.8 mi
- Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 12.9 mi
- George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 14.2 mi
- The Awakening: 17.1 mi
- Welcome to Occoquan: 17.4 mi
- MGM Lion: 17.8 mi
- The Path of Thorns and Roses: 17.9 mi
- The Ship Builder: 18.5 mi
- Maryland Historic Trust Easement Area: 5.3 mi
- Former DNR: 5.4 mi
- Piney Branch Bog Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 5.7 mi
- Welcome Fire Tower: 6.6 mi
- Waldorf Nrp Barracks: 10.0 mi
- Fruit Garden & Nursery: 12.7 mi
- Lower Garden: 12.8 mi
- Upper Garden: 12.8 mi
- Garden Mulch Supply: 13.4 mi
- Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 14.6 mi
- Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 14.0 mi
- Veterans Park: 15.5 mi
- Picnic Table: 16.9 mi
- Treehouse: 17.4 mi
- Area 4: 21.0 mi
- Rose Hill: 2.2 mi
- Ellenboro Hill: 9.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 9.7 mi
- Ravens Crest: 10.3 mi
- Stretchmark Hill: 12.0 mi
- Indian Head: 10.8 mi
- Possum Nose: 14.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Blue Banks: 15.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 16.2 mi
- Clifton Beach: 17.0 mi
- Dolphin Beach: 19.5 mi
- Beaver Landing: 19.6 mi
- West Beach: 20.0 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.8 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.9 mi
- Wilson: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of La Plata Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Hill | NNW 341° | 125 m | 24.6 mi |
| Spy Hill | NNW 341° | 114 m | 24.1 mi |
| Munson Hill | NNW 340° | 112 m | 23.7 mi |
| Good Hope Hill | N 4° | 84 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bald Eagle Hill | N 357° | 51 m | 19.6 mi |
| Rose Hill | SW 236° | 48 m | 2.2 mi |
| Stretchmark Hill | WSW 256° | 44 m | 12.0 mi |
| Shooters Hill | NNW 348° | 44 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mechanicsville 5 NE, 15 mi away.
- American persimmon21 obs
- winged euonymus17 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail15 obs
- Common Box Turtle13 obs
- American pokeweed13 obs
- Japanese barberry12 obs
- Japanese stiltgrass12 obs
- American tuliptree11 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/358246734
Day trips start here
- La Plata · 1 mi
- Waldorf · 9 mi
- Fort Washington · 14 mi
- Mount Vernon · 15 mi
- Quantico · 16 mi
- South Alexandria · 16 mi
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