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Ruth B Swan Memorial Park

Ruth B Swan Memorial Park from directly overhead

Ruth B Swan Memorial Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Piscataway Park, a park 3.3 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 3.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.63151, -77.09970

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Belvoir Manor: 3.7 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 3.7 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Pentagon Stones: 7.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 5.3 mi
  • Lower Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 5.4 mi
  • Upper Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 6.3 mi
Attractions
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 5.3 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 5.4 mi
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 5.4 mi
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 5.5 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Picnic sites: 55
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Table: 8.4 mi
  • Treehouse: 9.8 mi
  • Area 4: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 7
  • Dolphin Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 13.3 mi
  • West Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Clifton Beach: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 11.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 11.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Coe Creek: 15.8 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 341°156 m21.5 mi
Mount DanielNNW 346°144 m18.9 mi
Minor's HillN 350°140 m19.1 mi
Freedom HillNNW 339°140 m21.6 mi
Prout HillNNW 344°137 m18.0 mi
Upton HillN 351°125 m17.0 mi
Point RenoN 3°123 m22.2 mi
Spy HillN 353°114 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4519:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0916:51

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, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • showy orchis90 obs
  • common pawpaw63 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit58 obs
  • Common Box Turtle51 obs
  • American jumpseed41 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort35 obs
  • Spotted Turtle33 obs
  • garlic mustard33 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/358246788

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