First Division Monument
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First Division Monument is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Red One, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The First Division Monument is located in President's Park, south of State Place Northwest, between 17th Street Northwest and West Executive Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, United States. The Monument commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army of World War I and subsequent wars.
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Dates from 1924.
Wikidata Q1419400, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1924
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Red One: 0.0 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- German-American Friendship Garden: 0.3 mi
- Canova Lions: 0.1 mi
- Armenian Earthquake: 0.1 mi
- Floor Frame: 0.1 mi
- Major General John A. Rawlins Statue: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 0.2 mi
- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Zero Milestone: 0.1 mi
- Jane A Delano and the Nurses Who Died in Service in World War I: 0.1 mi
- Red Cross Men and Women Killed in Service: 0.1 mi
- Red Cross: 0.2 mi
- Octagon House: 0.1 mi
- DAR Museum: 0.2 mi
- The People’s House: 0.2 mi
- Dacor Bacon House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Renwick Gallery: 0.2 mi
- The Ellipse: 0.2 mi
- Sherman Park: 0.2 mi
- Bolivar Park: 0.3 mi
- Artigas Park: 0.3 mi
- Robert Latham Owen Park: 0.4 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.2 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.3 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.6 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.9 mi
- Lock 0: 1.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.2 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.1 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.6 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.9 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.7 mi
- Lees Hill: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.2 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Indian Head: 21.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.1 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.0 mi
- Wilson: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Division Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 281° | 156 m | 10.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 327° | 156 m | 15.6 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 271° | 144 m | 7.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 6.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 11.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 263° | 137 m | 8.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 255° | 125 m | 6.0 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/792774550
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