Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway
Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway is a park, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is East Park, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- East Park: 0.1 mi
- Rose Park: 0.1 mi
- Francis Park: 0.2 mi
- Sheridan Circle: 0.3 mi
- Robert Emmet Park: 0.3 mi
- West End Garden: 0.1 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 0.9 mi
- Presidential Grove: 1.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Buffaloes Statue: 0.2 mi
- General Philip H. Sheridan Statue: 0.3 mi
- Saint Jerome the Priest Statue: 0.3 mi
- Taras Shevchenko Statue: 0.3 mi
- Robert Emmet Statue: 0.3 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.4 mi
- Orlando Letelier Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue: 0.4 mi
- Justice William O Douglas Statue: 0.5 mi
- Jeffrey Long: 0.5 mi
- Kossuth Lajos: 0.5 mi
- Anderson House: 0.4 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 0.4 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.4 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks: 0.6 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.4 mi
- Lock 0: 0.7 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 1.2 mi
- Caring Corral: 1.3 mi
- Alpacas: 1.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.5 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.0 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.5 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 2.9 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 3.1 mi
- Lees Hill: 0.7 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.0 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.1 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 1.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Indian Head: 22.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.7 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: 12.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 277° | 156 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 328° | 156 m | 14.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 326° | 148 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 263° | 144 m | 6.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 266° | 140 m | 5.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 10.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 255° | 137 m | 7.7 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 244° | 125 m | 5.5 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.
- Spotted Lanternfly3,398 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel2,282 obs
- Mallard2,134 obs
- House Sparrow1,822 obs
- European Starling1,466 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle1,399 obs
- Amur honeysuckle1,387 obs
- American Robin1,254 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/41964871
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