Historic site

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Past Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.8 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

desk-sized granite memorial in front of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.

Wikidata Q49491418, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1965-04-12
Material: stone

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.89349, -77.02362

1.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
4.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
5.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
7.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike

Overlooks nearby

Freedom Park Viewpoint · 2 mi
Viewing Area · 3 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 5 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 5 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Past Sculpture: 0.0 mi
Future Sculpture: 0.1 mi
Granite Sea: 0.1 mi
Lone Sailor Statue: 0.1 mi
Heritage Sculpture: 0.1 mi

Historic sites

United States Navy Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
General Winfield Scott Hancock: 0.1 mi
Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 0.1 mi
Founding of the Fraternal Order of the Knights of Pythias: 0.2 mi
Thomas Hollowell: 0.3 mi

Museums

U.S. National Archives: 0.1 mi
Navy Memorial Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
National Museum of Natural History: 0.2 mi
The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum: 0.2 mi
Old Post Office Tower and Museum: 0.2 mi

Parks

Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
Federal Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
L'Enfant Square: 0.3 mi
Henry Park: 0.3 mi

Attractions

Gardens

Fountain Garden: 0.4 mi
Moongate Garden: 0.4 mi
West Gallery: 0.7 mi
Rare & Endangered: 0.7 mi
Mediterranean: 0.7 mi

Picnic sites

Picnic site for Rose park: 2.0 mi
Picnic Grove 29: 3.2 mi
Picnic Grove 1: 3.5 mi
Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.6 mi
Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.7 mi

Nature reserves

Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.1 mi
Reservation 630: 3.7 mi
Alger Park: 3.7 mi
Soapstone Valley: 4.1 mi

Peaks34

Peters Hill: 1.5 mi
Jackson Hill: 2.5 mi
Lees Hill: 2.6 mi
Mount Hamilton: 2.8 mi
Round Hill: 2.9 mi

Springs5

Takoma Spring: 5.6 mi
Silver Spring: 6.7 mi
Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.6 mi
Indian Springs: 10.1 mi
Sandy Spring: 17.0 mi

Cliffs5

Beaches4

Fishing Shore: 4.1 mi
Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.4 mi
Purplehorse Beach: 13.1 mi
Sycamore Beach: 13.2 mi

Waterfalls4

Stubblefield Falls: 10.6 mi
Scott's Run Falls: 10.9 mi
Great Falls: 14.3 mi
Coe Creek: 21.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Wilson: 24.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gantt Hill	W 281°	156 m	11.5 mi
Hunting Hill	NW 325°	156 m	16.2 mi
Mount Daniel	W 272°	144 m	8.5 mi
Minor's Hill	W 275°	140 m	7.3 mi
Freedom Hill	W 280°	140 m	12.0 mi
Prout Hill	W 265°	137 m	9.1 mi
Upton Hill	WSW 259°	125 m	6.7 mi
Point Reno	NW 325°	123 m	4.9 mi

Conditions

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	06:56	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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/172453198

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Washington, D.C./East End · 0 mi
Washington, D.C./National Mall · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./West End · 1 mi
Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 2 mi
Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 2 mi

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