Documents of Freedom
Documents of Freedom is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Minitree Hill stands 36 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Parkway runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- The Virginia Convention meeting in Williamsburg from May 6 - July 5, 1776 created important and lasting milestones in this nation's struggle for freedom. On May 15, 1776, the Convention delegates unanimously adopted the Virginia Resolution for Independen
How to reach it
- On the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Park: 0.0 mi
- Palace Green: 0.4 mi
- Common's Park: 0.9 mi
- Capitol Landing Community Park: 1.0 mi
- College Landing Park: 1.1 mi
- The Public Hospital of 1773: 0.1 mi
- Williamsburg Bray School: 0.2 mi
- Tailor: 0.2 mi
- Joiner: 0.3 mi
- Weaver: 0.3 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.0 mi
- Galt: 0.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Lord Botetourt: 0.3 mi
- Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved: 0.3 mi
- Fraga Magna Rotabila: 0.0 mi
- Girl with Butterfly: 0.0 mi
- Slice in Time: 0.0 mi
- Cedar Waxwing: 0.1 mi
- James Blair: 0.5 mi
- Taliaferro-Cole House Garden: 0.2 mi
- Bryan House Garden: 0.2 mi
- John Blair House Garden: 0.3 mi
- Custis Tenement Garden: 0.3 mi
- Fountain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg: 0.1 mi
- Williamsburg Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Muscarelle Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Tinsmith Museum of America: 1.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum: 2.2 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Pipsico Reservation: 10.8 mi
- Wahrani Nature Trail: 18.3 mi
- Game Farm Marsh: 19.1 mi
- Kittewan: 19.8 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 3.9 mi
- Fossil Beach: 9.9 mi
- Seining Beach: 10.2 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 11.2 mi
- Beach Area: 15.8 mi
- Mount Folly: 11.7 mi
- Church Hill: 14.8 mi
- Pig Hill: 15.9 mi
- Minitree Hill: 21.9 mi
- Evelynton Heights: 24.9 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 8.5 mi
- York River Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Holly Point: 21.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Documents of Freedom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minitree Hill | NW 306° | 36 m | 21.9 mi |
| Church Hill | NNE 23° | 30 m | 14.8 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | W 280° | 28 m | 24.9 mi |
| Pig Hill | NE 47° | 21 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Folly | N 351° | 6 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsburg 2 N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9634468256
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