Suitland Park
Suitland Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 85 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dupont Heights Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 2.0 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 85 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 2.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dupont Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Bradbury Heights Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
- Berkshire Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Brooks Road Recreation Center: 1.3 mi
- Suitland Bog Park: 1.4 mi
- Officer Lawrence Buckner Memorial: 0.9 mi
- GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 1.3 mi
- Anthony Shaw: 1.6 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 3.1 mi
- Ghost Bike Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 0.9 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 0.9 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 1.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 1.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 1.0 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 1.4 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 1.5 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 1.6 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 3.3 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 2.3 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 2.3 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 2.5 mi
- IDEA Academy garden: 3.5 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 3.5 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.6 mi
- Walker Mill Regional Park: 2.7 mi
- Alger Park: 2.7 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.1 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 3.5 mi
- John Gould Stephenson: 3.7 mi
- Anne Royall: 3.7 mi
- Leonard Matlovich: 3.7 mi
- Clyde Tolson: 3.7 mi
- George Mifflin Bache: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 10: 6.8 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 4.8 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 5.6 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 5.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 19.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 19.5 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 20.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 20.5 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Indian Head: 22.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 9.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 11.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 20.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 17.2 mi
- Great Falls: 20.6 mi
- Wilson: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Suitland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 286° | 156 m | 17.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 316° | 156 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 281° | 144 m | 14.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 284° | 140 m | 13.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 285° | 140 m | 18.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 277° | 137 m | 15.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 276° | 125 m | 12.5 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 308° | 123 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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, 5 mi away.
- fan clubmoss61 obs
- cinnamon fern53 obs
- American Royal Fern48 obs
- sweetbay magnolia47 obs
- striped wintergreen44 obs
- Domestic Cat44 obs
- poison sumac43 obs
- Common Box Turtle40 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/358253676
Day trips start here
- Suitland · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 3 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 4 mi
- Prince George's County · 4 mi
- Largo · 5 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 5 mi
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