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Agricultural and Industrial Scenes – Sketches of Virginia

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Agricultural and Industrial Scenes – Sketches of Virginia is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Arlington Post Office, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.3 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1940
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.88557, -77.09523

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Clarendon Central Park: 0.1 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
  • 11th Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Zitkala-Ša Park: 0.3 mi
  • Herselle Milliken Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Constitution Park Bell: 1.5 mi
  • Memorial Gate Fountain: 1.5 mi
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 2.2 mi
  • Lock 0: 2.2 mi
  • Old Stone House: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Fletcher's Cove: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 2.6 mi
  • Troy Park: 3.1 mi
  • Area 2: 3.7 mi
  • Area 3: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 42
Beaches: 7
  • Fishing Shore: 1.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 13.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 18.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Agricultural and Industrial Scenes – Sketches of Virginia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 290°156 m7.9 mi
Hunting HillNNW 338°156 m14.8 mi
Black HillNNW 332°148 m23.5 mi
Mount DanielW 280°144 m4.8 mi
Minor's HillWNW 290°140 m3.6 mi
Freedom HillWNW 288°140 m8.4 mi
Prout HillW 267°137 m5.2 mi
Upton HillWSW 254°125 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9473392455

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