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I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream from directly overhead

I Have a Dream is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

1963 speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. to 250.000 people of the civil rights movement, regarded as one of the most important speeches in US history

Wikidata Q192341, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
I HAVE A DREAM | MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. | THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON | FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM | AUGUST 28 1963
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Coordinates38.88927, -77.04980

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Parks
Attractions
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 6
  • Fishing Shore: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 24.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of I Have a Dream. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 284°156 m10.2 mi
Hunting HillNNW 330°156 m15.7 mi
Black HillNNW 327°148 m24.5 mi
Mount DanielW 275°144 m7.2 mi
Minor's HillW 280°140 m5.9 mi
Freedom HillWNW 283°140 m10.7 mi
Prout HillW 266°137 m7.7 mi
Upton HillWSW 259°125 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7946468119

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