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Little Washington Park

Little Washington Park from directly overhead

Little Washington Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Westphalia Neighborhood Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
79 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85697, -76.84469

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 5.8 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 5.9 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 5.9 mi
Artworks
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 4.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 4.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 4.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 4.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 52
Peaks: 31
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 10.2 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Stubblefield Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 283°156 m21.4 mi
Hunting HillNW 310°156 m24.7 mi
Mount DanielW 279°144 m18.4 mi
Minor's HillW 281°140 m17.2 mi
Freedom HillWNW 282°140 m21.9 mi
Prout HillW 275°137 m18.8 mi
Upton HillW 274°125 m16.3 mi
Point RenoWNW 298°123 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473787669574738
Precip in3.02.73.93.44.14.24.24.14.54.13.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 4 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle32 obs
  • Domestic Cat24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal23 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • purple pitcher plant17 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee13 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker13 obs
  • Blue Jay12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/244001119

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