Balance
Balance is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingsman Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 3.1 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 3.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Kingsman Field: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.2 mi
- Lovejoy Park: 0.3 mi
- 8th & Massachusetts Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
- 13th Street Community Park & Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mary McLeod Bethune Statue: 0.2 mi
- Emancipation Monument: 0.2 mi
- On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 0.6 mi
- Grubb's Pharmacy: 0.7 mi
- Dave Salovesh: 0.7 mi
- Gypsy: 0.2 mi
- Dusk of H Street: 0.5 mi
- Major General Nathanael Greene Statue: 0.6 mi
- Found You: 0.7 mi
- Found You: 0.7 mi
- Lovejoy Garden: 0.3 mi
- Wylie Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Hilton Garden: 0.6 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- East Gallery: 1.3 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 0.8 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 1.0 mi
- National Postal Museum: 1.1 mi
- National Guard Memorial Museum: 1.2 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 1.4 mi
- Joseph Gilbert Totten: 0.9 mi
- William H. Emory: 0.9 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 0.9 mi
- Joseph Nicollet: 0.9 mi
- John Smilie: 0.9 mi
- Alger Park: 2.3 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 2.3 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.5 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 4.3 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.9 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 1.3 mi
- Hickey Hill: 2.2 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.9 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 24.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Indian Head: 22.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.7 mi
- Great Falls: 16.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.2 mi
- Wilson: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 280° | 156 m | 13.4 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 320° | 156 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 272° | 144 m | 10.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 9.2 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 279° | 140 m | 13.9 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 266° | 137 m | 11.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 262° | 125 m | 8.6 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 311° | 123 m | 6.3 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10977879098
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