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Montrose Park

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Montrose Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarah Rittenhouse Armillary Sphere, a artwork 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.91459, -77.06023

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • West End Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Kalorama Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Whitehaven Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Bishop’s Garden: 1.2 mi
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Attractions
  • Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
  • Lock 0: 1.0 mi
  • Southern Cassowary: 1.1 mi
  • Double Wattled Cassowary: 1.1 mi
  • Greater Rhea: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 2.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 275°156 m9.3 mi
Hunting HillNNW 328°156 m13.9 mi
Black HillNW 326°148 m22.8 mi
Mount DanielW 260°144 m6.7 mi
Minor's HillW 262°140 m5.3 mi
Freedom HillW 274°140 m9.8 mi
Prout HillWSW 252°137 m7.5 mi
Upton HillWSW 239°125 m5.4 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly3,357 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,970 obs
  • House Sparrow1,631 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle1,441 obs
  • Mallard1,341 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle1,268 obs
  • lesser celandine1,220 obs
  • garlic mustard1,213 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/41964965

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