James A. Garfield Monument
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James A. Garfield Monument is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is East Gallery, a garden 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.0 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Garfield Circle, a traffic circle at First Street and Maryland Avenue SW in Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to U.S. president James A. Garfield, who was elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his term. The perpetrator was an attorney and disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield lived for several weeks after the shooting, but eventually succumbed to his injuries. The monument is part of a three-part sculptural group near the Capitol Reflecting Pool, including the Peace Monument and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Union Square. The monument is also a contributing property to the National Mall and L'Enfant Plan, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites. The bronze statue rests on a granite pedestal that features three sculptures, each one representing a time period in Garfield's life. The monument, sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward and cast by The Henry-Bonnard Co. of New York, with a pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt, is an outstanding example of Beaux-Arts architecture. It was unveiled on May 12, 1887. The memorial was commissioned in 1884 by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, of which Garfield had been a member. The Society raised almost $28,000 to pay the sculptor. Some of the funds were raised by The Garfield Monument Fair, which was held in the Capitol's Rotunda and National Statuary Hall in 1882. Also in that year, Congress appropriated to the Society $7,500 in funds from the sale of condemned cannons; in 1884 it appropriated $30,000 for the pedestal. The monument was incorporated into the United States Capitol Complex on January 2, 1975.
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Dates from 1887.
Wikidata Q238932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.7 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- East Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Garden Court: 0.1 mi
- Plant Adaptations: 0.1 mi
- Garden Primeval: 0.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Ulysses S. Grant Statue: 0.1 mi
- Peace Monument: 0.1 mi
- National Native American Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Robert A. Taft Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Union Square: 0.1 mi
- Seaton Park - East: 0.2 mi
- Seaton Park - West: 0.3 mi
- Upper Senate Park: 0.4 mi
- Senate Park: 0.4 mi
- Rhyton: 0.1 mi
- Rhyton: 0.1 mi
- The Majesty of Law: 0.1 mi
- Spirit of Justice: 0.1 mi
- Heroic Shore Points I: 0.2 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.2 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.2 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.7 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.7 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.4 mi
- National Museum of the American Indian: 0.2 mi
- East Wing National Gallery of Art: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the Bible: 0.4 mi
- National Gallery of Art: 0.4 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 0.5 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Alger Park: 3.0 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.7 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.7 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.7 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.4 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 3.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.3 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Indian Head: 21.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.6 mi
- Great Falls: 15.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.0 mi
- Wilson: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of James A. Garfield Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 274° | 144 m | 9.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 277° | 140 m | 7.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 281° | 140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 267° | 137 m | 9.7 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 262° | 125 m | 7.3 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 322° | 123 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| 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.
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