General Winfield Scott Hancock
General Winfield Scott Hancock is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Temperance Fountain 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.
The story
General Winfield Scott Hancock is an equestrian statue of Winfield Scott Hancock, by Henry Jackson Ellicott together with architect Paul J. Pelz. It is located at Pennsylvania Avenue in United States Navy Memorial Park at the northwest corner of 7th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. It was commissioned on March 2, 1889, and dedicated on May 12, 1896, by President Grover Cleveland. It cost $50,000. The statue is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC, of the National Register of Historic Places. The statue is featured in the opening of the Netflix series House of Cards.
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Dates from 1896.
Wikidata Q5532298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Navy Memorial Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- U.S. National Archives: 0.1 mi
- The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Gallery of Art: 0.2 mi
- LabX: 0.3 mi
- National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Federal Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.2 mi
- John Marshall Place Park: 0.3 mi
- L'Enfant Square: 0.3 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.3 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.8 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.8 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.8 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.9 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.1 mi
- Alger Park: 3.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.7 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 4.1 mi
- 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 3: 3.8 mi
- Temperance Fountain Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Future Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Granite Sea: 0.0 mi
- Lone Sailor Statue: 0.1 mi
- Past Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Fountain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Moongate Garden: 0.4 mi
- West Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Rare & Endangered: 0.6 mi
- Mediterranean: 0.6 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 0.0 mi
- United States Navy Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Founding of the Fraternal Order of the Knights of Pythias: 0.2 mi
- Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.7 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Indian Head: 21.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.0 mi
- Great Falls: 14.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.7 mi
- Wilson: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of General Winfield Scott Hancock. 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 324° | 156 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 272° | 144 m | 8.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 7.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 12.0 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 265° | 137 m | 9.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 259° | 125 m | 6.8 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 324° | 123 m | 5.0 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 | 06:56 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4411637332
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