Artwork

Brushstroke

Brushstroke from directly overhead

Brushstroke is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Milk River, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material: metal

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.89416, -77.05492

0.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
5.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
6.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
6.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway

Overlooks nearby

Freedom Park Viewpoint · 1 mi
Viewing Area · 1 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 3 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 3 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Milk River: 0.0 mi
President John F. Kennedy: 0.0 mi
Blue: 0.1 mi
War or Peace: 0.1 mi
Amerika: 0.2 mi

Gardens

Presidential Grove: 0.0 mi
The Statues: 0.6 mi
Big Red One: 0.9 mi
Children's Garden: 1.0 mi
White House Kitchen Garden: 1.0 mi

Historic sites

Benito Juarez Memorial: 0.3 mi
Bernardo de Galvez: 0.4 mi
Albert Einstein Memorial: 0.4 mi
American Meridian Monument: 0.4 mi
Lincoln Memorial: 0.4 mi

Museums

Diplomatic Reception Rooms Museum: 0.4 mi
National Museum of American Diplomacy: 0.4 mi
GWU Museum and Textile Museum: 0.6 mi
Interior Museum: 0.7 mi
Art Museum of the Americas: 0.7 mi

Parks

Galvez Park: 0.4 mi
GW Anniversary Park: 0.4 mi
Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
Thompson's Boat Center: 0.5 mi
Square 80: 0.5 mi

Attractions

Lock 0: 0.4 mi
Lockkeeper's House: 0.8 mi
Old Stone House: 0.8 mi
White House Peace Vigil: 1.0 mi
Memorial Gate Fountain: 1.1 mi

Picnic sites

Picnic site for Rose park: 0.9 mi
Fletcher's Cove: 3.0 mi
Picnic Grove 1: 3.1 mi
Picnic Grove 29: 3.2 mi
Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.2 mi

Nature reserves

Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.4 mi
Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
Reservation 630: 3.1 mi
Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.1 mi
Donaldson Run Park: 3.3 mi

Peaks36

Peters Hill: 0.2 mi
Mackeys Hill: 1.4 mi
Lees Hill: 1.4 mi
Georgetown Heights: 1.9 mi
Camp Hill: 2.0 mi

Beaches5

Fishing Shore: 2.5 mi
Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.0 mi
Purplehorse Beach: 11.6 mi
Sycamore Beach: 11.7 mi
Beaver Landing: 24.9 mi

Springs5

Takoma Spring: 6.1 mi
Silver Spring: 6.7 mi
Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.3 mi
Indian Springs: 11.3 mi
Sandy Spring: 17.1 mi

Cliffs5

Waterfalls4

Stubblefield Falls: 9.1 mi
Scott's Run Falls: 9.4 mi
Great Falls: 12.8 mi
Coe Creek: 20.2 mi

Rest areas4

Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.4 mi
Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.4 mi
Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.9 mi
Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brushstroke. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gantt Hill	WNW 283°	156 m	9.8 mi
Hunting Hill	NNW 330°	156 m	15.3 mi
Black Hill	NNW 327°	148 m	24.1 mi
Mount Daniel	W 272°	144 m	6.9 mi
Minor's Hill	W 277°	140 m	5.6 mi
Freedom Hill	WNW 281°	140 m	10.3 mi
Prout Hill	W 263°	137 m	7.5 mi
Upton Hill	WSW 254°	125 m	5.1 mi

Conditions

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–Jun, Aug–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	38	40	48	58	67	76	81	79	72	61	50	42
Precip in	2.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	3.9	4.2	4.3	3.3	3.9	3.7	2.9	3.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9482440262

Day trips start here

Arlington National Cemetery · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./Dupont Circle · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./Georgetown · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./National Mall · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./West End · 1 mi
Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 2 mi

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