Owens Road Park
Owens Road Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 73 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is North Barnaby Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 2.0 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 73 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 3.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing Area · 7 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Fort Washington Overlook · 8 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Barnaby Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Abbott Drive Park: 0.6 mi
- Temple Hills Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Oxon Run Parkway: 1.5 mi
- Oxon Run Park: 1.6 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 0.7 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 0.8 mi
- Alger Park: 3.2 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 5.1 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 1.1 mi
- GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 3.0 mi
- Officer Lawrence Buckner Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Duvall's Tavern: 3.8 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 3.8 mi
- Oxon Hill Farm: 2.2 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 2.5 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 2.6 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 2.6 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 2.6 mi
- Thomas Edison: 2.4 mi
- MGM Lion: 2.4 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 3.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 3.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 3.0 mi
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief: 2.7 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 3.1 mi
- Spirit Park Carousel: 3.2 mi
- The Capital Wheel at National Harbor: 3.3 mi
- Memorial Pool: 4.0 mi
- River Street Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 4.2 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 4.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 1.9 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 3.4 mi
- Shooters Hill: 5.2 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 6.2 mi
- Hickey Hill: 6.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 9.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 18.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 18.2 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 23.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Indian Head: 18.3 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 12.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 22.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 15.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.0 mi
- Great Falls: 19.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.9 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.9 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.0 mi
- Wilson: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owens Road Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 298° | 156 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 327° | 156 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 296° | 144 m | 12.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 301° | 140 m | 11.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 297° | 140 m | 16.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 290° | 137 m | 12.5 mi |
| Upton Hill | WNW 292° | 125 m | 10.0 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 329° | 123 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 2 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle34 obs
- Domestic Cat27 obs
- American Robin26 obs
- American sweetgum26 obs
- White-tailed Deer25 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell22 obs
- Mourning Dove19 obs
- Northern Cardinal19 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/243667696
Day trips start here
- National Harbor · 3 mi
- Suitland · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 3 mi
- Alexandria · 4 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 4 mi
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