- Elevation, modelled
- 74 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Chestnut Hill169 m · 24.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway6.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:38local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9828, -77.0152
Lower Portal Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled 74 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Portal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 28° | 169 m | 24.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 306° | 156 m | 12.1 mi |
| Gantt Hill | WSW 251° | 156 m | 12.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 313° | 148 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 237° | 144 m | 10.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 235° | 140 m | 9.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 251° | 140 m | 12.9 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 234° | 137 m | 11.8 mi |
- 6.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 7.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 9.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Garden: 0.1 mi
- TPPC Native Plant Garden: 0.4 mi
- Takoma Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Maple Avenue Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Fenton Street Local Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Grant Avenue Berm: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Takoma-Piney Branch Local Park: 0.3 mi
- Belle Ziegler Park: 0.3 mi
- Hefner Park: 0.3 mi
- Sgt. Christopher Thornton: 0.3 mi
- John W. Coffman: 0.3 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 1.0 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 1.0 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 1.0 mi
- From a Model to a Rainbow: 0.6 mi
- Roscoe: 0.6 mi
- The Silver Pass: 0.8 mi
- Acorn: 0.9 mi
- COASTLINE: 1.0 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 2.3 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Little Forest Park: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 2.1 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 3.1 mi
- Wallaby yard: 4.0 mi
- Komodo Dragon: 4.0 mi
- Przewalski's Horse: 4.0 mi
- Red-Bellied Turtle: 4.0 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 3.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.6 mi
- Linnean Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hoover Hill: 3.9 mi
- Barnard Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.5 mi
- Quarry (former): 22.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 0.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 0.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 10.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.1 mi
- Great Falls: 12.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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, 5 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Capital Region · 1 mi
- Silver Spring · 1 mi
- Takoma Park · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 4 mi
- College Park · 4 mi
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