Washington Crossing the Delaware
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Washington Crossing the Delaware is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Round Mountain stands 186 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Hill Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
George Washington, also known as Washington Crossing the Delaware, is a large 1876 marble statue by the Italian sculptors Fratelli Gianfranchi. The sculpture depicts General George Washington in a pose taken from the 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. It was owned by the banker Mahlon Dickerson Eyre and displayed at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia. The statue is currently in the Mill Hill neighborhood of the city of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1876.
Wikidata Q115757719, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- marble
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Blue Route
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 8 mi
- South Overlook · 13 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 13 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Clay Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Warren Street Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Roberto Clemente Park: 0.3 mi
- All Faiths Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Meredith Havens Fire Museum: 0.4 mi
- Old Barracks Museum: 0.4 mi
- William Trent House: 0.4 mi
- New Jersey State Museum: 0.6 mi
- Ellarslie: 1.9 mi
- Trenton World War II Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Trenton Battle Monument: 0.5 mi
- Trenton Ferry: 0.6 mi
- Old Warf: 0.8 mi
- Preserved Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Morrisville Riverfront Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Lawrence Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Central Park: 4.0 mi
- Loveless Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Lower Makefield Open Space: 5.1 mi
- Robert Morris Statue: 1.0 mi
- Crossing Paths: 2.3 mi
- Centaur: 2.3 mi
- Untitled (Steelroots): 2.3 mi
- 95.5 ̊ Arc x 11 (Horizontal Arcs): 2.4 mi
- Houe 8: 1.7 mi
- Hog Island Cranes: 1.9 mi
- Hog Island Cranes: 1.9 mi
- House 6: 2.0 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Avenue Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Chambers/Locust Garden: 0.8 mi
- Capital City Farm: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Street Garden: 1.0 mi
- Serenity Garden: 1.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.6 mi
- Fairless Landfill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Canoe: 9.3 mi
- Baldpate Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Pennington Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Student Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Alumni Grove: 3.6 mi
- Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 4.1 mi
- General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Shaded Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Old Quarry: 13.0 mi
- Washington's Rock: 13.3 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 23.2 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 23.4 mi
- Richard Stockton Travel Plaza: 7.5 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Service Area: 7.5 mi
- Molly Pitcher Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Gold Run: 3.5 mi
- High Falls: 20.5 mi
- Kerr Spring: 19.8 mi
- Ong's Hat: 22.5 mi
- Turkey Swamp Park: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washington Crossing the Delaware. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Mountain | N 350° | 186 m | 24.5 mi |
| Plumstead Hill | WNW 301° | 174 m | 20.8 mi |
| Sourland Mountain | N 6° | 171 m | 17.3 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | WNW 295° | 158 m | 16.2 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NW 323° | 146 m | 9.7 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | NW 316° | 143 m | 10.1 mi |
| Solebury Mountain | NW 306° | 142 m | 14.2 mi |
| Goat Hill | NW 314° | 138 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4116096509
Day trips start here
- Trenton · 1 mi
- Ewing · 4 mi
- Mercer County · 5 mi
- Yardley · 5 mi
- Bordentown · 6 mi
- Robbinsville · 7 mi
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