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Macomb Recreation Center

Macomb Recreation Center from directly overhead

Macomb Recreation Center is a park, at a recorded elevation of 96 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Rosedale Conservancy, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
96 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.93382, -77.06733

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • Bishop’s Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Cleveland Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Tilden Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 1.0 mi
  • American University Arboretum and Gardens: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 2.2 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 266°156 m8.9 mi
Hunting HillNW 326°156 m12.6 mi
Black HillNW 325°148 m21.5 mi
Mount DanielWSW 248°144 m6.7 mi
Minor's HillWSW 247°140 m5.3 mi
Freedom HillW 266°140 m9.5 mi
Prout HillWSW 242°137 m7.6 mi
Upton HillSW 226°125 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle1,348 obs
  • Japanese knotweed1,227 obs
  • lesser celandine1,192 obs
  • garlic mustard1,191 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,159 obs
  • box elder1,112 obs
  • American pokeweed986 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel927 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/48207321

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