25th New York Volunteer Cavelry Monument
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25th New York Volunteer Cavelry Monument is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.4 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
American Civil War memorial at Battleground National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Wikidata Q34804924, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 90 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Stevens Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
- Takoma Community Center: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- Upper Portal Park: 0.7 mi
- Marvin Caplan Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Whittier Garden: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Recreational Center Garden: 0.6 mi
- Emery Garden: 0.8 mi
- Shepherd Park Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Little Forest Park: 1.8 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.4 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.8 mi
- From a Model to a Rainbow: 0.6 mi
- Roscoe: 0.8 mi
- Playing In The Fields Of Lamond: 1.0 mi
- Leave No One Behind: 1.1 mi
- Acorn: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 6: 1.1 mi
- Wallaby yard: 3.0 mi
- Przewalski's Horse: 3.0 mi
- Komodo Dragon: 3.0 mi
- Red-Bellied Turtle: 3.0 mi
- False Gavial: 3.0 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 0.0 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 0.0 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 0.0 mi
- Lincoln under fire at Fort Stevens: 0.4 mi
- Scale model of Fort Stevens: 0.5 mi
- Linnean Hill: 2.7 mi
- Point Reno: 2.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 3.2 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 1.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 1.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.5 mi
- Great Falls: 12.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.1 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.8 mi
- Friction Wall: 23.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of 25th New York Volunteer Cavelry Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WSW 254° | 156 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 311° | 156 m | 12.1 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 316° | 148 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 239° | 144 m | 9.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 237° | 140 m | 8.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 254° | 140 m | 12.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 235° | 137 m | 10.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 224° | 125 m | 9.3 mi |
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 | 06:56 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358960285
Day trips start here
- Silver Spring · 1 mi
- Takoma Park · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 1 mi
- Capital Region · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Upper Northwest · 3 mi
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