Lees Hill
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Lees Hill rises to 63 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Book Hill Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.9 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in District of Columbia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31550829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 63 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Book Hill Park: 0.0 mi
- Volta Park: 0.2 mi
- Montrose Park: 0.3 mi
- Whitehaven Parkway Park: 0.5 mi
- East Park: 0.6 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks: 0.1 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
- Anderson House: 1.0 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 1.0 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
- Lock 0: 1.0 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 1.2 mi
- Southern Cassowary: 1.3 mi
- Double Wattled Cassowary: 1.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.2 mi
- Reservation 630: 1.8 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.3 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 2.3 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 2.4 mi
- Sarah Rittenhouse Armillary Sphere: 0.2 mi
- Jan Karski: 0.5 mi
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola: 0.5 mi
- Statue of Winston Churchill: 0.5 mi
- Charles Glover: 0.5 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.1 mi
- West End Garden: 0.8 mi
- Whitehaven Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bishop’s Garden: 1.2 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 1.2 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 1.9 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.3 mi
- Nelson Mandela Statue: 0.5 mi
- Khalil Gibran Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Hollywood on the Potomac: 0.6 mi
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument: 0.6 mi
- Justice William O Douglas Statue: 0.7 mi
- Camp Hill: 0.6 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 0.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 0.9 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 1.2 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 1.7 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 10.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
- Great Falls: 11.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.8 mi
- Indian Head: 22.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lees Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 275° | 156 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 329° | 156 m | 13.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 327° | 148 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 260° | 144 m | 6.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 262° | 140 m | 5.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 9.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 252° | 137 m | 7.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 238° | 125 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358959958
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