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Providence Park

Providence Park from directly overhead

Providence Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Original Site of Providence Hospital, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.3 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates38.88385, -77.00266

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Hawaii: 0.6 mi
  • Garden Primeval: 0.6 mi
  • World Deserts: 0.6 mi
  • East Gallery: 0.6 mi
  • Plant Adaptations: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks: 32
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 5.4 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 283°156 m12.7 mi
Hunting HillNW 323°156 m17.4 mi
Mount DanielW 276°144 m9.7 mi
Minor's HillW 279°140 m8.5 mi
Freedom HillWNW 282°140 m13.2 mi
Prout HillW 269°137 m10.2 mi
Upton HillW 265°125 m7.8 mi
Point RenoNW 320°123 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,304 obs
  • European Starling1,202 obs
  • House Sparrow1,073 obs
  • Mallard901 obs
  • Rock Pigeon878 obs
  • American Robin656 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle567 obs
  • Western Honey Bee522 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/4721369

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