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Mitchell Park

Mitchell Park from directly overhead

Mitchell Park is a park, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Jerome the Priest Statue, a artwork 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
48 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.91456, -77.04983

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Kalorama Garden: 0.5 mi
  • West End Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites
Attractions
  • Old Stone House: 0.8 mi
  • Alpacas: 0.9 mi
  • Caring Corral: 0.9 mi
  • Cow: 0.9 mi
  • Goat: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 2.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 274°156 m9.9 mi
Hunting HillNW 326°156 m14.2 mi
Black HillNW 325°148 m23.1 mi
Mount DanielW 261°144 m7.2 mi
Minor's HillW 263°140 m5.9 mi
Freedom HillW 273°140 m10.4 mi
Prout HillWSW 253°137 m8.0 mi
Upton HillWSW 242°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, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel2,207 obs
  • Mallard2,112 obs
  • House Sparrow1,814 obs
  • European Starling1,384 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle1,365 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,319 obs
  • American Robin1,155 obs
  • garlic mustard1,123 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/48207335

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