Smithsonian Naturalist Center
Smithsonian Naturalist Center is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 115 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 4.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 12 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 12 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Freedom Park: 0.9 mi
- Tuscarora Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Regional Park: 1.3 mi
- Founder's Park: 1.5 mi
- Leesburg 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Leesburg Quarry (Historical): 2.0 mi
- George C. Marshall: 2.2 mi
- County of Loudoun: 2.3 mi
- Cooke's Mill: 2.4 mi
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 2.0 mi
- Sun Flower: 2.0 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 2.0 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 2.0 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 2.0 mi
- Mighty Midget Kitchen: 2.2 mi
- George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor: 2.2 mi
- Dodona Manor: 2.2 mi
- Lightfoot Restaurant: 2.4 mi
- Edwards Landing Lights: 3.1 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Negro Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Vesper Hill: 6.9 mi
- Steptoe Hill: 7.2 mi
- Waterford Peak: 7.3 mi
- Rust Nature Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Morven Park: 4.1 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Broadlands Wetlands Preservation Area: 5.7 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 6.1 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 2.4 mi
- Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 4.2 mi
- Winmill Carriage Museum: 4.3 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 4.3 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 4.4 mi
- butterfly Garden: 4.0 mi
- butterfly garden: 4.1 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 9.5 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 10.2 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 6.3 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 7.5 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 12.2 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 13.1 mi
- Pony Barn: 14.9 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 13.1 mi
- Harris Springs: 14.6 mi
- Potts Springs: 14.6 mi
- Cooper Springs: 15.3 mi
- White Rock Spring: 15.4 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 7.1 mi
- Great Falls: 17.2 mi
- Pua Falls: 18.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 20.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 20.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 16.5 mi
- River Access: 17.3 mi
- River Access: 17.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 18.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 18.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Smithsonian Naturalist Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Mountain | W 261° | 587 m | 20.2 mi |
| Neersville | NW 313° | 467 m | 15.8 mi |
| Maryland Heights | NNW 334° | 444 m | 19.9 mi |
| Raven Rocks | WNW 285° | 443 m | 15.5 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | NNW 328° | 441 m | 15.3 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SSW 210° | 413 m | 15.9 mi |
| High Point Mountain | SSW 209° | 397 m | 17.7 mi |
| Buzzard Hill | W 270° | 397 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 8 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly48 obs
- Common Box Turtle37 obs
- Canada Goose30 obs
- Great Blue Heron29 obs
- wineberry23 obs
- Northern Cardinal21 obs
- Northern Mockingbird21 obs
- White-tailed Deer21 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/356605165
Day trips start here
- Leesburg · 2 mi
- Ashburn · 4 mi
- Loudoun County · 5 mi
- Sterling · 9 mi
- Herndon · 12 mi
- Middleburg · 12 mi
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