American Legion Freedom Bell
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American Legion Freedom Bell is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Station Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.6 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Liberty Bell replica
The story
Freedom Bell, American Legion, is a public artwork located at Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States. A replica of the Liberty Bell, Freedom Bell, American Legion was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database in 1985.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1970s.
Wikidata Q4744335, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 16 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Union Station Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Lower Senate Park: 0.2 mi
- Senate Park: 0.3 mi
- Upper Senate Park: 0.3 mi
- Stanton Park: 0.4 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.1 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.5 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.5 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 1.1 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.4 mi
- National Postal Museum: 0.1 mi
- National Guard Memorial Museum: 0.2 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 0.3 mi
- Capital Jewish Museum: 0.5 mi
- National Building Museum: 0.6 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Alger Park: 3.1 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.5 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 4.0 mi
- Hilton Garden: 0.5 mi
- East Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Plant Adaptations: 0.7 mi
- Garden Court: 0.7 mi
- Garden Primeval: 0.7 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.0 mi
- Holodomor Memorial to Victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932–1933: 0.2 mi
- Japanese American Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Victims of Communism Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Malik Habib: 0.3 mi
- Themis Statue: 0.0 mi
- Apollo Statue: 0.0 mi
- Ceres Statue: 0.0 mi
- Thales Statue: 0.0 mi
- Archimedes Statue: 0.0 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 1.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hickey Hill: 2.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Head: 22.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.6 mi
- Great Falls: 15.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.5 mi
- Wilson: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Legion Freedom Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 279° | 156 m | 12.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 322° | 156 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 270° | 144 m | 9.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 8.2 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 278° | 140 m | 12.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 264° | 137 m | 10.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 258° | 125 m | 7.7 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 316° | 123 m | 5.4 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 | 20:37 |
| 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358955061
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Dupont Circle · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./National Mall · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Shaw · 2 mi
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