Sonny Bono Park
Sonny Bono Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sonny Bono, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Sonny Bono: 0.0 mi
- Kossuth Lajos: 0.1 mi
- Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue: 0.2 mi
- Jeffrey Long: 0.2 mi
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Statue: 0.3 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 0.0 mi
- Anderson House: 0.2 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 0.2 mi
- National Museum Of American Jewish Military History: 0.3 mi
- B'Nai B'Rith Klutznick Museum: 0.4 mi
- Branches on armature: 0.1 mi
- John Witherspoon Statue: 0.2 mi
- Taras Shevchenko Statue: 0.3 mi
- A&A Art & Frame: 0.3 mi
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue: 0.3 mi
- Dupont Circle: 0.1 mi
- Witherspoon Park: 0.2 mi
- Duke Ellington Park: 0.2 mi
- Longfellow Park: 0.3 mi
- Stead Park Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- West End Garden: 0.4 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 0.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Big Red One: 0.9 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.4 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.8 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.8 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.9 mi
- Lock 0: 0.9 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 1.2 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.0 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.2 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.7 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.4 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lees Hill: 1.2 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.5 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 1.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.3 mi
- Indian Head: 22.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.4 mi
- Great Falls: 12.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sonny Bono Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 277° | 156 m | 10.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 326° | 156 m | 14.7 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 264° | 144 m | 7.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 6.1 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 10.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 257° | 137 m | 8.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 247° | 125 m | 6.0 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel2,738 obs
- Mallard2,300 obs
- House Sparrow2,147 obs
- European Starling1,841 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,333 obs
- American Robin1,326 obs
- Amur honeysuckle1,318 obs
- Rock Pigeon1,166 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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