Lafayette-Pointer Park
Lafayette-Pointer Park is a park, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chevy Chase Commons, a park 0.4 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 110 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 3.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Chevy Chase Commons: 0.4 mi
- Chevy Chase Community Center: 0.4 mi
- Chevy Chase Circle: 0.5 mi
- Boxwood Park: 0.5 mi
- Pinehurst Circle: 0.6 mi
- Margaret's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rock Creek Garden: 0.8 mi
- Fort Reno Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Topaz House East Garden: 1.6 mi
- Topaz House West Garden: 1.7 mi
- Little Forest Park: 0.6 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 0.9 mi
- Vinton Park: 1.3 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 1.6 mi
- Boundary Park Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 13: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 14: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 15: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 6: 1.2 mi
- Peter Muhlenberg Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Belmont, 1906: 1.1 mi
- Civil War Defenses in Washington Fort Reno: 1.3 mi
- Capitol Stones: 1.3 mi
- Washington and Glen Echo Railroad: 1.6 mi
- Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium: 1.0 mi
- Dopamine Land: 1.1 mi
- Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens: 1.9 mi
- KID Museum: 1.9 mi
- American University Museum at the Katzen: 2.2 mi
- Oh it’s you, Welcome!: 1.1 mi
- When Now Becomes Then: 1.2 mi
- Crystal Willow: 1.6 mi
- Dovetail: 1.6 mi
- Under One's Breath: 1.6 mi
- Twin Oaks: 2.5 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Addax: 2.6 mi
- Ostrich: 2.6 mi
- Sitatunga: 2.6 mi
- Point Reno: 1.2 mi
- Linnean Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Alto: 3.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.2 mi
- Camp Hill: 3.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 2.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 3.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 12.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 6.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 7.3 mi
- Great Falls: 10.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.0 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 9.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafayette-Pointer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WSW 252° | 156 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 319° | 156 m | 10.7 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 321° | 148 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 232° | 144 m | 7.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 228° | 140 m | 6.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 252° | 140 m | 9.9 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 228° | 137 m | 9.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSW 213° | 125 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.
- Christmas fern668 obs
- American beech570 obs
- lesser celandine540 obs
- box elder430 obs
- mayapple428 obs
- American Robin390 obs
- wineberry389 obs
- bloodroot382 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/48207432
Day trips start here
- Bethesda · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Upper Northwest · 2 mi
- Silver Spring · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 3 mi
- Capital Region · 4 mi
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