The Yards Park
The Yards Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Light Tower, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.1 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Light Tower: 0.0 mi
- Waterline: 0.3 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 0.4 mi
- Waterline: 0.4 mi
- Fern Pull: 0.6 mi
- River Street Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Hawaii: 1.2 mi
- World Deserts: 1.2 mi
- Garden Primeval: 1.2 mi
- Tingey Square: 0.2 mi
- Admiral Dahlgren Park: 0.2 mi
- Diamond Teague Park: 0.3 mi
- Admiral Willard Park: 0.3 mi
- The Yards: 0.3 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 0.3 mi
- Rubell Museum DC: 0.7 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 0.9 mi
- Museum of the Bible: 1.2 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 1.3 mi
- USS Enterprise: 0.4 mi
- USS Mitscher: 0.4 mi
- Original Site of Providence Hospital: 0.8 mi
- Titanic Monument: 1.0 mi
- American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 1.1 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 1.2 mi
- United States Capitol: 1.2 mi
- Tom Lantos: 1.3 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 1.3 mi
- Alger Park: 2.0 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 3.2 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.4 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 3.7 mi
- Troy Park: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 5.4 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.8 mi
- Peters Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 3.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 3.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 18.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Indian Head: 20.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.7 mi
- Great Falls: 16.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.0 mi
- Wilson: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Yards Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 286° | 156 m | 13.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 280° | 144 m | 9.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 284° | 140 m | 8.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 285° | 140 m | 13.5 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 273° | 137 m | 10.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 271° | 125 m | 7.8 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 323° | 123 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,036 obs
- European Starling844 obs
- Mallard751 obs
- House Sparrow726 obs
- Rock Pigeon612 obs
- American Robin563 obs
- Western Honey Bee439 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee404 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/542324885
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