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Logan Circle

Logan Circle from directly overhead

Logan Circle is a park, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Major General John A. Logan Monument, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.2 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90965, -77.02963

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 35
  • Jackson Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Peters Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Lees Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Linnean Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 3.6 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 276°156 m11.0 mi
Hunting HillNW 323°156 m15.1 mi
Black HillNW 323°148 m24.0 mi
Mount DanielW 264°144 m8.3 mi
Minor's HillW 266°140 m6.9 mi
Freedom HillW 275°140 m11.5 mi
Prout HillWSW 257°137 m9.0 mi
Upton HillWSW 249°125 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel2,860 obs
  • Mallard2,355 obs
  • House Sparrow2,109 obs
  • European Starling1,919 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,386 obs
  • American Robin1,162 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,093 obs
  • Japanese knotweed987 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/41964672

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