Piney Branch Park
Piney Branch Park is a park, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove 29, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Picnic Grove 29: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 0.7 mi
- Saint Dennard: The Edifying Spirit: 0.4 mi
- Blooming: 0.4 mi
- Guglielmo Marconi Statue: 0.5 mi
- Wrestling Bears Sculpture: 0.6 mi
- Kemeys Bear Cub Sculpture: 0.6 mi
- Lamont Park: 0.4 mi
- 19th & Lamont Park: 0.4 mi
- 14th & Oak Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
- Powell Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- Crestwood Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
- Village in the City: 0.4 mi
- James Cardinal Gibbons Statue: 0.4 mi
- Historic Market: 0.5 mi
- Jules Jusserand Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Marjorie Merriweather Post: 0.8 mi
- Komodo Dragon: 0.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
- False Gavial: 0.5 mi
- Chinese alligator: 0.5 mi
- Red-Bellied Turtle: 0.5 mi
- Twin Oaks Garden: 0.6 mi
- Cactus Garden: 0.6 mi
- North Columbia Heights Green: 0.8 mi
- Cleveland Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Tilden Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Laogai Museum: 1.4 mi
- Museum of the Palestinian People: 1.4 mi
- Howard University Museum: 1.5 mi
- President Lincoln's Cottage: 1.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 1.0 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 1.2 mi
- Little Forest Park: 2.0 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 3.0 mi
- Boundary Park Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Linnean Hill: 0.5 mi
- Jackson Hill: 0.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 2.0 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 3.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 3.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.4 mi
- Indian Head: 24.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.9 mi
- Great Falls: 12.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Piney Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 266° | 156 m | 10.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 321° | 156 m | 13.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 322° | 148 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 251° | 144 m | 8.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 250° | 140 m | 6.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 265° | 140 m | 10.9 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 245° | 137 m | 9.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 233° | 125 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.
- Japanese knotweed1,178 obs
- Amur honeysuckle1,034 obs
- lesser celandine987 obs
- box elder968 obs
- garlic mustard940 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly924 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel873 obs
- American beech826 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 node/358955673
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