Hoover Hill
Hoover Hill rises to 56 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnard Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
hill in District of Columbia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31550813, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 5.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnard Hill: 0.0 mi
- Barnard Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Mount Rainier Community Food Forest: 0.4 mi
- Dwight A. Moseley Park: 0.4 mi
- Taft Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Mount Rainier Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Franciscan Monastery Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hyatt Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Montana Garden: 1.3 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, I: 0.8 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, II: 0.8 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, III: 0.8 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, V: 0.8 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, IV: 0.8 mi
- Peace Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 1.0 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 1.1 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 1.2 mi
- United Brick Corporation Brick Company: 1.5 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.8 mi
- Reservation 630: 4.8 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 4.8 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 5.0 mi
- Washington Union Station: 3.4 mi
- John Smilie: 3.9 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 3.9 mi
- David Walker: 3.9 mi
- George Hadfield: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.1 mi
- Barnard Hill: 0.0 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 0.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.0 mi
- Round Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hickey Hill: 1.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.0 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.8 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 22.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 3.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 5.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.6 mi
- Great Falls: 15.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.9 mi
- Wilson: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hoover Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 266° | 156 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 310° | 156 m | 15.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 314° | 148 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 256° | 144 m | 11.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 256° | 140 m | 10.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 266° | 140 m | 14.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 252° | 137 m | 12.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 245° | 125 m | 10.5 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 | 19:57 | 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 528623 — Hoover Hill, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358954864
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier · 0 mi
- Hyattsville · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 2 mi
- College Park · 3 mi
- Takoma Park · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 3 mi
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