Adams Memorial
Adams Memorial is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Totten Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 4.5 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (which he called The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding, but which was often called in the newspapers "Grief"). Saint-Gaudens' statue of a shrouded figure is seated against a granite block which takes up one side of a hexagonal plaza, designed by architect Stanford White. Across from the statue is a stone bench for visitors. The whole is sheltered by a close screen of dense conifers.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1891.
Wikidata Q351935, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 83 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Totten Park: 0.3 mi
- Keene Field: 0.5 mi
- Rudolph: 0.5 mi
- Grant Circle: 0.6 mi
- Sherman Circle: 0.6 mi
- Mamie D. Lee Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mary's Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rosary Walk & Garden: 1.1 mi
- Emery Garden: 1.2 mi
- Twin Oaks Garden: 1.3 mi
- General Scott Statue: 0.7 mi
- Leave No One Behind: 0.8 mi
- Petworth: 0.9 mi
- (Here I Stand) In the Spirit of Paul Robeson: 0.9 mi
- Sedes Sapiente Statue: 1.0 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.7 mi
- Little Forest Park: 2.8 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 3.3 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 2.0 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 2.3 mi
- Tiger Survival: 2.3 mi
- Growing Up Tiger: 2.3 mi
- Tiger Compare: 2.3 mi
- Think Tank: 2.3 mi
- John Paul II: 0.7 mi
- Aray Zikie: 0.8 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 1.3 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 1.5 mi
- Peace Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 1.5 mi
- Round Hill: 1.9 mi
- Hoover Hill: 2.2 mi
- Barnard Hill: 2.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 1.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 3.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 13.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.6 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.4 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 18.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 24.7 mi
- Friction Wall: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adams Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 263° | 156 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 313° | 156 m | 13.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 317° | 148 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 250° | 144 m | 9.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 249° | 140 m | 8.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 262° | 140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 245° | 137 m | 10.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 235° | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72001420OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Adams Memorial, reference 72001420, listed 03/16/72.
OpenStreetMap element node/358960290
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 1 mi
- Takoma Park · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Shaw · 2 mi
- Hyattsville · 3 mi
- Mount Rainier · 3 mi
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