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Piscataway Park

Piscataway Park from directly overhead

Piscataway Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Hall, a historic site 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.3 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.67873, -77.09276

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Marshall Hall: 0.5 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Belvoir Manor: 2.0 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Pentagon Stones: 5.2 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 2.0 mi
  • Lower Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Upper Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 2.4 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 3.6 mi
Attractions
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 2.1 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 2.1 mi
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 2.1 mi
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 2.2 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 3.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 6.3 mi
  • Treehouse: 6.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 8.7 mi
  • Area 4: 10.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 38
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 14.3 mi
  • West Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 13.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 13.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 15.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 336°156 m18.6 mi
Mount DanielNNW 342°144 m15.9 mi
Minor's HillNNW 347°140 m15.9 mi
Freedom HillNNW 334°140 m18.7 mi
Prout HillNNW 339°137 m15.0 mi
Upton HillNNW 348°125 m13.8 mi
Point RenoN 3°123 m18.9 mi
Spy HillN 350°114 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Castor-Aralia71 obs
  • Common Box Turtle42 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail36 obs
  • Osprey34 obs
  • Bald Eagle33 obs
  • Black-throated Gray Warbler32 obs
  • common ivy30 obs
  • Spotted Turtle29 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 node/358246765

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