Historic site

Khalil Gibran Memorial

Khalil Gibran Memorial from directly overhead

Khalil Gibran Memorial is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Nelson Mandela Statue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

artwork by Gordon Kray

Dates from 1991.

Wikidata Q49510547, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 55 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.92048, -77.06136

1.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
5.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
7.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
6.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway

Overlooks nearby

Freedom Park Viewpoint · 2 mi
Viewing Area · 2 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 2 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 3 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Nelson Mandela Statue: 0.0 mi
Peace Cross: 0.8 mi
Orlando Letelier Memorial: 0.8 mi
Nina Larson: 1.0 mi
Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue: 1.0 mi

Artworks

Statue of Winston Churchill: 0.0 mi
Union Flag: 0.1 mi
Sarah Rittenhouse Armillary Sphere: 0.5 mi
Perry Lions Sculpture: 0.6 mi
Orbit Sculpture: 0.6 mi

Parks

Centennial Grove: 0.2 mi
Montrose Park: 0.4 mi
Guy Mason Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
Book Hill Park: 0.6 mi
Robert Emmet Park: 0.6 mi

Gardens

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.4 mi
Bishop’s Garden: 0.8 mi
Kalorama Garden: 0.9 mi
Whitehaven Garden: 0.9 mi
West End Garden: 1.0 mi

Museums

Dumbarton Oaks: 0.5 mi
The Phillips Collection: 1.0 mi
Anderson House: 1.0 mi
Old Stone House: 1.0 mi
Museum of the Palestinian People: 1.1 mi

Attractions

Sloth Bear: 0.8 mi
Southern Cassowary: 0.8 mi
Double Wattled Cassowary: 0.8 mi
Greater Rhea: 0.8 mi
Fishing Cat: 0.8 mi

Picnic sites

Picnic site for Rose park: 1.0 mi
Picnic Grove 1: 1.4 mi
Picnic Grove 2 South: 1.5 mi
Picnic Grove 2 South: 1.7 mi
Picnic Grove 29: 1.8 mi

Nature reserves

Reservation 630: 1.3 mi
Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.7 mi
Soapstone Valley: 1.8 mi
Spring Valley Park: 2.3 mi
Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 2.6 mi

Peaks36

Camp Hill: 0.3 mi
Lees Hill: 0.5 mi
Mount Alto: 0.8 mi
Jackson Hill: 0.8 mi
Georgetown Heights: 1.0 mi

Springs5

Takoma Spring: 4.8 mi
Silver Spring: 5.1 mi
Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.5 mi
Indian Springs: 10.5 mi
Sandy Spring: 15.3 mi

Cliffs5

Beaches4

Fishing Shore: 2.0 mi
Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.9 mi
Purplehorse Beach: 10.5 mi
Sycamore Beach: 10.5 mi

Waterfalls4

Stubblefield Falls: 7.9 mi
Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
Great Falls: 11.6 mi
Coe Creek: 21.1 mi

Rest areas2

Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.5 mi
Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Khalil Gibran Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gantt Hill	W 272°	156 m	9.2 mi
Hunting Hill	NNW 327°	156 m	13.5 mi
Black Hill	NW 325°	148 m	22.4 mi
Mount Daniel	WSW 256°	144 m	6.7 mi
Minor's Hill	WSW 257°	140 m	5.4 mi
Freedom Hill	W 271°	140 m	9.8 mi
Prout Hill	WSW 249°	137 m	7.6 mi
Upton Hill	SW 235°	125 m	5.6 mi

Conditions

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–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	34	37	44	56	65	73	78	76	69	57	46	38
Precip in	3.3	3.2	4.1	3.5	4.4	4.2	5.1	4.4	4.5	4.4	3.3	3.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358960207

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Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 2 mi
Washington, D.C./East End · 2 mi
Washington, D.C./Shaw · 2 mi

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