The Mouth of Pimmit Run
The Mouth of Pimmit Run is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Chain Bridge, a historic site 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway runs past it. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
River in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q7194664, matched on coordinates and name (179 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- Thomas Lee patented land in this area in 1719. Here at the head of navigation of the Potomac River, he established an official tobacco inspection warehouse in 1742, the beginning of Arlington's first industrial complex. After 1794, Philip Richard Fendall
How to reach it
- On the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 2.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 0.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lock 5: 0.8 mi
- Lock 6: 1.1 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Lock 7: 2.7 mi
- Twin Oaks: 3.0 mi
- Donaldson Run Park: 1.1 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 1.2 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 1.3 mi
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Potomac Palisades Conservation Park: 1.9 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 1.2 mi
- Kreeger Museum: 1.7 mi
- American University Museum at the Katzen: 1.9 mi
- Dopamine Land: 2.8 mi
- Clara Barton House: 2.9 mi
- Fort Marcy Park: 0.5 mi
- Palisades Park: 0.8 mi
- Upland field: 0.8 mi
- Utah & 35 Field: 0.9 mi
- Dalecarlia Parkway: 1.3 mi
- Chain Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Jefferson Garcia-Yanez: 0.4 mi
- Fort Ethan Allen: 0.5 mi
- Battery Kemble: 1.2 mi
- Battery Bailey: 1.7 mi
- Glass Forest: 0.9 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 1.7 mi
- John Wesley: 1.7 mi
- Labyrinth: 1.8 mi
- Artemas Ward Statue: 1.9 mi
- Demonstration Native Plant Garden: 1.1 mi
- Demonstration Vegetable Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.7 mi
- American University Arboretum and Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.6 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 28: 3.8 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 2.3 mi
- Mount Alto: 2.4 mi
- Point Reno: 2.8 mi
- Minor's Hill: 2.8 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 1.7 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.5 mi
- Beaver Landing: 25.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 5.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 5.3 mi
- Great Falls: 8.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 19.2 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.8 mi
- Indian Head: 22.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 21.8 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Mouth of Pimmit Run. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 268° | 156 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 338° | 156 m | 11.6 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 332° | 148 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 238° | 144 m | 4.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 231° | 140 m | 2.8 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 6.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 230° | 137 m | 5.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSW 202° | 125 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13232036364
Day trips start here
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 3 mi
- McLean · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Georgetown · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Upper Northwest · 3 mi
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