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Woodland Terrace Recreation Center

Woodland Terrace Recreation Center from directly overhead

Woodland Terrace Recreation Center is a park, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 0.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85808, -76.97256

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
  • J. Robert Elliott: 1.1 mi
  • Belva Lockwood: 1.6 mi
  • Peter Pitchlynn: 1.6 mi
  • The Ward 6 September 11 Memorial Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Edwin MacGrotty: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 1.8 mi
  • Barracks Row Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • River Street Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 2.1 mi
  • Hilton Garden: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks: 32
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Woodland Terrace Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 288°156 m14.7 mi
Hunting HillNW 322°156 m19.8 mi
Mount DanielWNW 284°144 m11.6 mi
Minor's HillWNW 287°140 m10.5 mi
Freedom HillWNW 287°140 m15.2 mi
Prout HillW 278°137 m11.9 mi
Upton HillW 277°125 m9.4 mi
Point RenoNW 319°123 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle100 obs
  • Domestic Cat98 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee98 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee93 obs
  • Porcelain Berry85 obs
  • American sweetgum83 obs
  • Monarch78 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly75 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358959735

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