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Gallaudet Thomas Hopkins and Alice Cogswell Statue

Gallaudet Thomas Hopkins and Alice Cogswell Statue from directly overhead

Gallaudet Thomas Hopkins and Alice Cogswell Statue is an artwork, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.5 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What the record says

Built
1889-06
Elevation
23 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90547, -76.99514

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Historic sites
  • Dave Salovesh: 0.3 mi
  • On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 0.4 mi
  • Malik Habib: 0.5 mi
  • William Frederick Allen: 0.8 mi
  • American Legion Freedom Bell: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Wylie Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Lovejoy Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Langley Elementary Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Langley Forest Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Hilton Garden: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks: 32
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gallaudet Thomas Hopkins and Alice Cogswell Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 276°156 m12.9 mi
Hunting HillNW 319°156 m16.5 mi
Mount DanielW 267°144 m10.1 mi
Minor's HillW 269°140 m8.8 mi
Freedom HillW 275°140 m13.4 mi
Prout HillW 261°137 m10.7 mi
Upton HillWSW 255°125 m8.4 mi
Point RenoNW 306°123 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358960408

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