Bunker Hill
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Bunker Hill rises to 71 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Bunker Hill Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31550722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 71 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 8.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Bunker Hill Park: 0.0 mi
- Brookland Green: 0.3 mi
- Turkey Thicket: 0.3 mi
- University Lawn: 0.5 mi
- Taft Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, VIII: 0.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, IX: 0.2 mi
- Saint Bernadette Statue: 0.2 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, VII: 0.2 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, X: 0.2 mi
- Pope John Paul II National Shrine: 0.9 mi
- President Lincoln's Cottage: 1.3 mi
- National Bonsai and Penjing Museum: 1.9 mi
- Howard University Museum: 1.9 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 2.1 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.8 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 4.1 mi
- Little Forest Park: 4.2 mi
- Franciscan Monastery Garden: 0.3 mi
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Rain Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mary's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Rosary Walk & Garden: 0.8 mi
- Montana Garden: 1.0 mi
- Washington Union Station: 2.8 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Survival: 3.1 mi
- Growing Up Tiger: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Compare: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 3.3 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 0.0 mi
- Peace Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 0.3 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 0.5 mi
- John Paul II: 0.9 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 0.2 mi
- Round Hill: 0.6 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.0 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.0 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.0 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 24.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 2.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.7 mi
- Great Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.8 mi
- Wilson: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 267° | 156 m | 13.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 313° | 156 m | 15.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 316° | 148 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 256° | 144 m | 10.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 256° | 140 m | 9.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 13.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 251° | 137 m | 11.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 244° | 125 m | 9.5 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 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358958833
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier · 1 mi
- Hyattsville · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Shaw · 2 mi
- Takoma Park · 3 mi
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