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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument, a historic site
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument, a historic site
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Stone House, a museum 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk is an 8-foot (2.4 m) marble obelisk erected in 1850 in Washington, D.C., to mark the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Maryland. It stands on the northwest corner of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge over the canal in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1850.

Wikidata Q16961378, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
17 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.90436, -77.06293

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
Parks
Historic sites
  • Justice William O Douglas Statue: 0.2 mi
  • Hollywood on the Potomac: 0.4 mi
  • Benito Juarez Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Vincent Du Vigneaud, PhD: 0.7 mi
  • Julius Axelrod: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • West End Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Presidential Grove: 0.9 mi
  • Whitehaven Garden: 1.3 mi
  • The Statues: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 11.2 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 1.9 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 279°156 m9.2 mi
Hunting HillNNW 330°156 m14.4 mi
Black HillNNW 327°148 m23.3 mi
Mount DanielW 266°144 m6.4 mi
Minor's HillW 269°140 m5.1 mi
Freedom HillW 278°140 m9.8 mi
Prout HillWSW 257°137 m7.1 mi
Upton HillWSW 245°125 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358960425

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