Mount Hamilton
Mount Hamilton rises to 72 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Azalea Collections, a garden 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Washington, D.C., United States.
Wikidata Q31550796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 72 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 3.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Arboretum Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Langston Playground: 0.5 mi
- U.S. National Arboretum: 0.6 mi
- Joseph Cole Park: 0.8 mi
- Loomis Park: 0.8 mi
- National Bonsai and Penjing Museum: 0.4 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 1.1 mi
- National Postal Museum: 1.9 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 1.9 mi
- National Guard Memorial Museum: 2.0 mi
- John Smilie: 1.8 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 1.8 mi
- David Walker: 1.8 mi
- George Hadfield: 1.8 mi
- Nathaniel Hazard: 1.8 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 1.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.3 mi
- Alger Park: 3.1 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Reservation 630: 5.0 mi
- Azalea Collections: 0.1 mi
- Perennial Collections: 0.2 mi
- National Boxwood Collection: 0.3 mi
- National Herb Garden: 0.4 mi
- Entrance Garden: 0.4 mi
- Riding High: 0.8 mi
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Statue: 0.8 mi
- Dusk of H Street: 0.9 mi
- Contrapposto Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- Bison Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.9 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.6 mi
- National Capitol Columns: 0.4 mi
- United Brick Corporation Brick Company: 0.7 mi
- Dave Salovesh: 0.9 mi
- On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 1.0 mi
- Gideon's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Hickey Hill: 1.0 mi
- Round Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 2.1 mi
- Hoover Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.2 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 23.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.0 mi
- Indian Head: 23.6 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 24.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.9 mi
- Great Falls: 16.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.4 mi
- Wilson: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Hamilton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 275° | 156 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 316° | 156 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 266° | 144 m | 11.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 268° | 140 m | 9.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 14.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 261° | 137 m | 11.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 256° | 125 m | 9.5 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 299° | 123 m | 6.2 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 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358954915
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 1 mi
- Mount Rainier · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./National Mall · 3 mi
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