Picnic Grove 8
Picnic Grove 8 is a picnic site, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove 9, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 9.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Picnic Grove 9: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 6: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 0.8 mi
- Fort Stevens Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
- Marvin Caplan Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Shepherd Field: 1.0 mi
- Carter Barron Soccer Fields: 1.0 mi
- Brightwood Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Rock Creek Garden: 0.7 mi
- Shepherd Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Takoma Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Emery Garden: 1.1 mi
- Whittier Garden: 1.2 mi
- 25th New York Volunteer Cavelry Monument: 0.8 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 0.8 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 0.8 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln under fire at Fort Stevens: 0.8 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 0.9 mi
- Little Forest Park: 1.1 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.0 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.4 mi
- Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium: 1.0 mi
- Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Dopamine Land: 2.5 mi
- President Lincoln's Cottage: 2.6 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 2.7 mi
- Serve: 1.2 mi
- From a Model to a Rainbow: 1.3 mi
- Family Tree of Hope Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Acorn: 1.4 mi
- The Silver Pass: 1.5 mi
- Addax: 2.8 mi
- Ostrich: 2.8 mi
- Lesser Kudu: 2.8 mi
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill: 2.8 mi
- Przewalski's Horse: 2.8 mi
- Point Reno: 2.3 mi
- Linnean Hill: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.2 mi
- Camp Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 3.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.0 mi
- Quarry (former): 24.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 1.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 2.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 8.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.7 mi
- Great Falls: 11.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Grove 8. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WSW 253° | 156 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 313° | 156 m | 11.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 317° | 148 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 236° | 144 m | 9.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 233° | 140 m | 7.8 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 253° | 140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 233° | 137 m | 10.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 220° | 125 m | 8.8 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1448103270
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 1 mi
- Silver Spring · 2 mi
- Takoma Park · 2 mi
- Bethesda · 3 mi
- Capital Region · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 3 mi
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