Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Statue
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Statue is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Longfellow Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a bronze statue, by William Couper, and Thomas Ball. The statue depicts American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is located at the intersection of M Street and Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C., and was dedicated on May 7, 1909.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1908.
Wikidata Q15223678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Longfellow Park: 0.0 mi
- Witherspoon Park: 0.1 mi
- Sonny Bono Park: 0.3 mi
- Dupont Circle: 0.3 mi
- Scott Circle: 0.3 mi
- John Witherspoon Statue: 0.1 mi
- A&A Art & Frame: 0.1 mi
- The Observer: 0.2 mi
- Branches on armature: 0.2 mi
- Daniel Webster Memorial: 0.2 mi
- B'Nai B'Rith Klutznick Museum: 0.2 mi
- Sumner School: 0.2 mi
- National Geographic Society: 0.2 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Decatur Carriage House: 0.4 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.1 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.5 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.9 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.6 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.5 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.6 mi
- Lock 0: 1.0 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 1.0 mi
- Old Stone House: 1.0 mi
- West End Garden: 0.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Big Red One: 0.7 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.7 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 1.0 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 2.8 mi
- Nijad Huseynov: 0.2 mi
- Sonny Bono: 0.2 mi
- Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States: 0.3 mi
- Admiral David G Farragut: 0.3 mi
- Kossuth Lajos: 0.4 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lees Hill: 1.4 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.7 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 2.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.5 mi
- Indian Head: 22.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.7 mi
- Great Falls: 13.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 278° | 156 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 326° | 156 m | 15.0 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 266° | 144 m | 7.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 268° | 140 m | 6.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 276° | 140 m | 10.9 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 258° | 137 m | 8.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 249° | 125 m | 6.1 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 07001056OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Memorial, reference 07001056, listed 10/11/07.
OpenStreetMap element node/358958523
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