Japanese Lantern
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Japanese Lantern is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is DC War Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Japanese Lantern is a stone lantern in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. It is located next to the Tidal Basin, among the cherry trees first planted in 1912. It is lighted during the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival. A pair of lanterns were created in 1651, to mark the death of Tokugawa Iemitsu. The lantern was formerly located in Ueno Park, where its twin remains. The lantern was given by the governor of Tokyo to the people of the United States and was dedicated on March 30, 1954.
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Dates from 1651.
Wikidata Q6158251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- DC War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- John Paul Jones Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Ships Inspectors Memorial: 0.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Ships Inspectors Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Constitution Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Artigas Park: 0.4 mi
- Bolivar Park: 0.5 mi
- Robert Latham Owen Park: 0.5 mi
- Pacific Pavilion: 0.2 mi
- Atlantic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
- Japanese Pagoda: 0.3 mi
- Inuksuk: 0.4 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 0.4 mi
- Floral Library: 0.2 mi
- The Statues: 0.4 mi
- German-American Friendship Garden: 0.4 mi
- Big Red One: 0.6 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.7 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.4 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.9 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.9 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.2 mi
- Lock 0: 1.3 mi
- Art Museum of the Americas: 0.4 mi
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: 0.5 mi
- DAR Museum: 0.5 mi
- Interior Museum: 0.5 mi
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: 0.6 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.3 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.7 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 4.0 mi
- Ballston Wetland Park: 4.2 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.6 mi
- Troy Park: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.8 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.3 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.7 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.6 mi
- Beaver Landing: 25.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Indian Head: 20.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.3 mi
- Great Falls: 13.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.6 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.9 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.9 mi
- Wilson: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Japanese Lantern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 285° | 156 m | 10.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 328° | 156 m | 16.1 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 326° | 148 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 276° | 144 m | 7.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 281° | 140 m | 6.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 283° | 140 m | 11.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 267° | 137 m | 8.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 261° | 125 m | 5.7 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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358958274
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