George Washington
George Washington is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Mount Felix stands 142 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Kirwan Meditation Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway runs past it. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- On the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ma & Pa Trestle · 28 mi
- Loch Raven Dam · 29 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kirwan Meditation Garden: 0.1 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.5 mi
- Rolling Road Park: 0.5 mi
- Chestertown Historical Monuments: 0.6 mi
- Chestertown Historic District: 0.6 mi
- Chino Phase 2: 3.0 mi
- Chino Phase 1: 3.1 mi
- Dean Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 6.8 mi
- Sassafrass Natural Resource Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Sassafrass Natural Resource Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Caulks Field Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Maryland's First Women Voters: 7.7 mi
- Crew's Landing: 10.6 mi
- Jimmie Foxx Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Queen Anne: 11.9 mi
- Eagle: 19.5 mi
- Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Kites of Bel Air (HoH): 21.6 mi
- Essex-Middle River: 22.2 mi
- Big Fish, School of Fish: 22.4 mi
- Buck Bacchus Store Museum: 0.6 mi
- Kent Museum: 10.3 mi
- Rock Hall Museum: 10.6 mi
- Massey Air Museum: 15.4 mi
- Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum: 20.4 mi
- Conquest Beach: 8.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Betterton Beach: 10.7 mi
- Wickes Beach: 16.0 mi
- Miami Beach: 17.3 mi
- Daves Hill: 11.4 mi
- Boothby Hill: 19.0 mi
- Mauldin Mountain: 19.1 mi
- Bull Mountain: 20.6 mi
- Black Hill: 22.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.8 mi
- Marshy Point Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Mother's Garden: 21.0 mi
- Garden of Queen Anne: 21.5 mi
- Del Rio Community Tree Garden: 22.7 mi
- Blackbeards Bluff: 17.4 mi
- White Banks: 18.6 mi
- Stony Bar Bluff: 18.6 mi
- G: 18.2 mi
- H: 18.2 mi
- F: 18.2 mi
- Chestertown Station: 0.6 mi
- Todd Farmhouse: 19.8 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of George Washington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Felix | N 352° | 142 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bull Mountain | NNE 14° | 85 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mauldin Mountain | NNE 12° | 80 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rhodes Mountain | NNE 17° | 80 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chapel Hill | WNW 303° | 78 m | 23.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NNE 17° | 77 m | 22.9 mi |
| German Hill | W 280° | 45 m | 24.4 mi |
| Eagle Hill | WSW 249° | 43 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chestertown, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10971939529
Day trips start here
- Chestertown · 0 mi
- Rock Hall · 11 mi
- Edgewood · 19 mi
- Aberdeen · 21 mi
- Havre de Grace · 23 mi
- Kent Island · 23 mi
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