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Korean War Veterans Memorial

Korean War Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Korean War Veterans Memorial is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Statues, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

national memorial in Washington, D.C., United States

Dates from 1995.

Wikidata Q708847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Material
granite

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88775, -77.04734

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Attractions
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 6
  • Fishing Shore: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 24.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 285°156 m10.3 mi
Hunting HillNNW 329°156 m15.8 mi
Black HillNNW 327°148 m24.7 mi
Mount DanielW 275°144 m7.3 mi
Minor's HillW 280°140 m6.1 mi
Freedom HillWNW 283°140 m10.8 mi
Prout HillW 267°137 m7.8 mi
Upton HillW 260°125 m5.4 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 01000273OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Korean War Veterans Memorial, reference 01000273, listed 07/27/95.

OpenStreetMap element way/173927230

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