Mount Saint Sepulchre
Mount Saint Sepulchre rises to 56 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stations Of The Cross, XIV, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
hill in Washington, D.C., United States
Wikidata Q31550879, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 9.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Stations Of The Cross, XIV: 0.0 mi
- St. Anthony & St. Jude: 0.0 mi
- Mosaic: 0.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, XIII: 0.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, XII: 0.1 mi
- Franciscan Monastery Garden: 0.1 mi
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Rain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mary's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Rosary Walk & Garden: 1.0 mi
- Montana Garden: 1.1 mi
- Peace Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 0.5 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 0.6 mi
- John Paul II: 1.0 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Park: 0.2 mi
- Turkey Thicket: 0.4 mi
- Dwight A. Moseley Park: 0.4 mi
- Taft Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Brookland Green: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 3.4 mi
- Washington Union Station: 3.0 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 3.3 mi
- Tiger Survival: 3.3 mi
- Growing Up Tiger: 3.3 mi
- Tiger Compare: 3.3 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 4.0 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 4.0 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 4.1 mi
- Little Forest Park: 4.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.2 mi
- Hoover Hill: 0.8 mi
- Barnard Hill: 0.8 mi
- Round Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.9 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 24.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 2.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.9 mi
- Great Falls: 15.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.3 mi
- Wilson: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Saint Sepulchre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 266° | 156 m | 13.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 312° | 156 m | 15.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 316° | 148 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 255° | 144 m | 11.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 256° | 140 m | 9.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 266° | 140 m | 13.9 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 251° | 137 m | 11.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 243° | 125 m | 9.7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 530435 — Mount Saint Sepulchre, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358958152
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
- Takoma Park · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 3 mi
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