The Big Chair
The Big Chair is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is America's Islamic Heritage Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.8 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The World's Largest Chair when it was first built in 1959, originally made by Bassett Furniture as an advertisement. Deteriorating wooden structure replaced and rededicated on April 25, 2006, with an aluminum reconstruction by Curtis Properties.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006-04-25
- Height
- 5.9 m
- Width
- 3.7 m
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 2.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 0.6 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 0.9 mi
- Rubell Museum DC: 1.5 mi
- Museum of the Bible: 2.0 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 0.3 mi
- Tom Lantos: 1.2 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 1.2 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 1.2 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 1.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Home: 0.3 mi
- Anacostia Park, Section C: 0.4 mi
- Barry Farm Recreational Center: 0.5 mi
- Admiral Willard Park: 0.6 mi
- Anacostia Park Section D: 0.6 mi
- USS Enterprise: 0.7 mi
- USS Mitscher: 0.8 mi
- Peter Pitchlynn: 1.1 mi
- Edwin MacGrotty: 1.1 mi
- Belva Lockwood: 1.1 mi
- River Street Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Hilton Garden: 1.9 mi
- Hawaii: 2.0 mi
- World Deserts: 2.0 mi
- Light Tower: 0.8 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 0.9 mi
- Waterline: 1.1 mi
- Waterline: 1.2 mi
- Flash Point: 1.3 mi
- Alger Park: 1.3 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 2.5 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 2.8 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.0 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.6 mi
- Troy Park: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 6.2 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 3.1 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hickey Hill: 3.7 mi
- Peters Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Indian Head: 20.6 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 24.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.7 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 24.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 7.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 19.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.5 mi
- Great Falls: 16.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.3 mi
- Wilson: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Big Chair. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 288° | 156 m | 13.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 282° | 144 m | 10.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 286° | 140 m | 9.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 286° | 140 m | 14.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 276° | 137 m | 11.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 274° | 125 m | 8.5 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 322° | 123 m | 7.6 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 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/469765644
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