Randall Tract Recreation Area
Randall Tract Recreation Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Foxchase Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 12.4 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 13.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing Area · 15 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Fort Washington Overlook · 16 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Foxchase Park: 0.9 mi
- King's Grant Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Western Branch Stream Valley Park: 1.4 mi
- Federal Spring Recreation Center: 2.0 mi
- Westphalia Woods: 2.0 mi
- Railroad Monument: 2.7 mi
- William Beanes Gravesite: 2.7 mi
- Archbishop John Carroll: 2.8 mi
- World War I Monument: 2.8 mi
- Grumann F6F Hellcat: 3.7 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Patuxent Rural Life Museums: 6.3 mi
- National Capital Radio & Television Museum: 7.1 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 7.6 mi
- Show Place Arena: 3.1 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 3.2 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 5.1 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Surratt House: 7.3 mi
- Watkins Regional Park: 3.5 mi
- Walker Mill Regional Park: 4.6 mi
- Billingsley Natural Resource Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Belt Woods Natural Environment Area: 5.1 mi
- Charles Branch Conservation Park: 5.2 mi
- former Confederate Soldier Benjamin Welch Owens: 7.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 7.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 7.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 7.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 7.3 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 7.4 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 8.8 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 8.8 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 8.8 mi
- IDEA Academy garden: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area 10: 3.6 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 9.2 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 10.1 mi
- Hickey Hill: 10.2 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 10.9 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 11.6 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 14.0 mi
- Selby Beach: 16.1 mi
- Wild Rose Shores: 16.5 mi
- Triton Beach: 16.5 mi
- Mayo Beach: 16.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 12.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 14.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 16.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 18.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 23.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 23.7 mi
- Wilson: 11.4 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Randall Tract Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 285° | 156 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 282° | 144 m | 21.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 284° | 140 m | 20.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 284° | 140 m | 24.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 278° | 137 m | 21.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 278° | 125 m | 19.0 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 298° | 123 m | 17.1 mi |
| Spy Hill | W 277° | 114 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 2 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle26 obs
- American beech22 obs
- mayapple21 obs
- American sweetgum20 obs
- red deadnettle17 obs
- Northern Cardinal13 obs
- White-tailed Deer10 obs
- common dandelion10 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/358245486
Day trips start here
- Largo · 3 mi
- Prince George's County · 3 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 3 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 6 mi
- Suitland · 7 mi
- Bowie · 9 mi
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