Cuban American Friendship Urn
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Cuban American Friendship Urn is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is George Mason Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.5 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Cuban Friendship Urn, also known as the Cuban–American Friendship Urn or USS Maine Memorial, is a marble statue in Washington, D.C., listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The monument originally stood in Cuba to honor the American deaths aboard the USS Maine preceding the Spanish–American War in 1898.
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Dates from 1928.
Wikidata Q5192017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- George Mason Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Jefferson Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Air Mail Marker: 0.4 mi
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 0.2 mi
- Bridge Tender's House: 0.3 mi
- Japanese Pagoda: 0.3 mi
- High Water Mark: 0.6 mi
- Maine Lobsterman: 0.6 mi
- Floral Library: 0.6 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove: 0.7 mi
- The Statues: 0.8 mi
- German-American Friendship Garden: 0.9 mi
- Moongate Garden: 0.9 mi
- ARTECHOUSE: 0.6 mi
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: 0.6 mi
- International Spy Museum: 0.8 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 0.9 mi
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: 0.9 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Luci's Park: 0.7 mi
- Gravelly Point Park: 0.8 mi
- 7th Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Jefferson Field: 0.8 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.9 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 1.0 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Gate Fountain: 1.6 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.7 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.7 mi
- Alger Park: 4.0 mi
- Reservation 630: 4.3 mi
- Lubber Run Park: 4.3 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.2 mi
- Troy Park: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 4.3 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 4.4 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.7 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.8 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.2 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 3.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.0 mi
- Beaver Landing: 24.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 18.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Indian Head: 20.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.8 mi
- Great Falls: 14.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.6 mi
- Wilson: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cuban American Friendship Urn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 287° | 156 m | 11.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 329° | 156 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 280° | 144 m | 7.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 285° | 140 m | 6.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 286° | 140 m | 11.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 271° | 137 m | 8.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 267° | 125 m | 5.8 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 338° | 123 m | 5.5 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 | 06:57 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 07001053OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Cuban Friendship Urn, reference 07001053, listed 10/11/07.
OpenStreetMap element node/358960227
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