Historic site

56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial

56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial from directly overhead

56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Constitution Gardens, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Memorial in the Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.

Wikidata Q16895034, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1982
Elevation: 4 m
Material: stone

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.89109, -77.04287

1.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
5.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
6.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
6.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway

Overlooks nearby

Freedom Park Viewpoint · 1 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 4 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 4 mi
Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 10 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Constitution Gardens: 0.1 mi
Artigas Park: 0.1 mi
Bolivar Park: 0.1 mi
Robert Latham Owen Park: 0.2 mi
Edward J. Kelly Park: 0.3 mi

Museums

Art Museum of the Americas: 0.1 mi
Interior Museum: 0.2 mi
DAR Museum: 0.3 mi
Diplomatic Reception Rooms Museum: 0.3 mi
National Museum of American Diplomacy: 0.3 mi

Artworks

Atlantic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
Inuksuk: 0.2 mi
Pacific Pavilion: 0.2 mi
Armenian Earthquake: 0.3 mi
Major General John A. Rawlins Statue: 0.3 mi

Attractions

Nature reserves

Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.1 mi
Reservation 630: 3.4 mi
Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.8 mi
Soapstone Valley: 3.9 mi

Historic sites58

General Jose Gervasio Artigas Statue: 0.1 mi
A Prayer For The Nation: 0.1 mi
Liberty Ships Inspectors Memorial: 0.1 mi
The Liberator Simon Bolivar Memorial: 0.1 mi
Pablo Neruda: 0.2 mi

Gardens58

German-American Friendship Garden: 0.3 mi
Big Red One: 0.4 mi
Floral Library: 0.4 mi
White House Kitchen Garden: 0.4 mi
Children's Garden: 0.5 mi

Picnic sites

Picnic site for Rose park: 1.3 mi
Picnic Grove 29: 3.3 mi
Picnic Grove 1: 3.4 mi
Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.5 mi
Troy Park: 3.5 mi

Peaks36

Peters Hill: 0.5 mi
Lees Hill: 2.0 mi
Mackeys Hill: 2.1 mi
Jackson Hill: 2.3 mi
Camp Hill: 2.5 mi

Springs5

Takoma Spring: 6.0 mi
Silver Spring: 6.9 mi
Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.6 mi
Indian Springs: 11.0 mi
Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi

Beaches4

Fishing Shore: 3.2 mi
Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.4 mi
Purplehorse Beach: 12.3 mi
Sycamore Beach: 12.4 mi

Cliffs4

Waterfalls4

Stubblefield Falls: 9.8 mi
Scott's Run Falls: 10.1 mi
Great Falls: 13.5 mi
Coe Creek: 20.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Wilson: 24.8 mi

Rest areas1

Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gantt Hill	WNW 283°	156 m	10.5 mi
Hunting Hill	NNW 328°	156 m	15.8 mi
Black Hill	NNW 326°	148 m	24.6 mi
Mount Daniel	W 273°	144 m	7.5 mi
Minor's Hill	W 278°	140 m	6.3 mi
Freedom Hill	WNW 282°	140 m	11.0 mi
Prout Hill	W 265°	137 m	8.1 mi
Upton Hill	WSW 258°	125 m	5.7 mi

Conditions

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	06:57	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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358955985

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Washington, D.C./Dupont Circle · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./East End · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./West End · 1 mi
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Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 2 mi

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