Sedes Sapiente Statue
Sedes Sapiente Statue is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary's Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1946
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 4.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 8.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rosary Walk & Garden: 0.2 mi
- Franciscan Monastery Garden: 0.9 mi
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
- Mamie D. Lee Garden: 1.3 mi
- University Mall: 0.1 mi
- University Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Brookland Green: 0.4 mi
- Turkey Thicket: 0.5 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Park: 0.7 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 0.2 mi
- Christ Crucified: 0.2 mi
- Saint Dominic Statue: 0.2 mi
- General Scott Statue: 0.7 mi
- Saint Bernadette Statue: 0.8 mi
- John Paul II: 0.3 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 0.4 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 0.7 mi
- Peace Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 0.9 mi
- Pope John Paul II National Shrine: 0.3 mi
- President Lincoln's Cottage: 0.8 mi
- Howard University Museum: 1.3 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 2.0 mi
- National Bonsai and Penjing Museum: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.7 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 2.5 mi
- Tiger Survival: 2.5 mi
- Growing Up Tiger: 2.5 mi
- Tiger Compare: 2.5 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 2.5 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.2 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.2 mi
- Little Forest Park: 3.7 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 4.0 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 4.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 0.9 mi
- Round Hill: 0.9 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.6 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 2.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.3 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.1 mi
- Great Falls: 14.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.9 mi
- Indian Head: 24.7 mi
- Wilson: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sedes Sapiente Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 267° | 156 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 314° | 156 m | 14.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 318° | 148 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 255° | 144 m | 10.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 256° | 140 m | 8.8 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 266° | 140 m | 13.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 250° | 137 m | 11.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 242° | 125 m | 8.9 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 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| 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/9200869717
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Shaw · 2 mi
- Hyattsville · 3 mi
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