Fort Bunker Hill Plaque
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Fort Bunker Hill Plaque is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Bunker Hill Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Bunker Hill was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Unlike other forts, today very little remains of the structure.
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Dates from 1861.
Wikidata Q5470867, matched on coordinates and name (19 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- Fort Bunker Hill One of the Civil War defenses of Washington, erected in the fall of 1861, Fort Bunker Hill occupied an important position between Fort Totten and Fort Lincoln in the defense of the national capital. Thirteen guns and mortars were mounted
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 8.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Bunker Hill Park: 0.0 mi
- Brookland Green: 0.3 mi
- Turkey Thicket: 0.3 mi
- University Lawn: 0.5 mi
- Taft Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- Peace Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 0.3 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 0.5 mi
- John Paul II: 0.9 mi
- Columbian Harmony Cemetery Memorial Plaque: 1.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, VIII: 0.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, IX: 0.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, VII: 0.1 mi
- Stations Of The Cross, X: 0.1 mi
- Saint Bernadette Statue: 0.1 mi
- Franciscan Monastery Garden: 0.2 mi
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mary's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Rosary Walk & Garden: 0.8 mi
- Montana Garden: 1.0 mi
- Pope John Paul II National Shrine: 0.9 mi
- President Lincoln's Cottage: 1.4 mi
- National Bonsai and Penjing Museum: 1.9 mi
- Howard University Museum: 1.9 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 3.3 mi
- Washington Union Station: 2.8 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Survival: 3.1 mi
- Growing Up Tiger: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Compare: 3.1 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.8 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 4.1 mi
- Little Forest Park: 4.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.0 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 0.2 mi
- Round Hill: 0.6 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.0 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.0 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.0 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 2.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.8 mi
- Great Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.8 mi
- Wilson: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Bunker Hill Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 267° | 156 m | 13.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 313° | 156 m | 15.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 316° | 148 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 256° | 144 m | 10.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 257° | 140 m | 9.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 13.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 251° | 137 m | 11.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 244° | 125 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8026332623
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier · 1 mi
- Hyattsville · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Shaw · 2 mi
- Takoma Park · 3 mi
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