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Washington’s Headquarters

Washington’s Headquarters from directly overhead

Washington’s Headquarters is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is George Washington, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

museum in Morristown, New Jersey

Dates from 1938.

Wikidata Q116665731, matched on coordinates and name (190 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Headquarters at Morristown January – May 1777 December 1779 – June 1780
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.79574, -74.46635

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
  • Life Guard Camp: 0.0 mi
  • George Washington School: 0.2 mi
  • Woodhull Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Spanish American War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Morristown World War I Memorial: 0.6 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Washington's Headquarters: 0.1 mi
  • Jacob Ford Park: 0.3 mi
  • Victor Woodhull Park: 0.3 mi
  • George Gramby Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • J. Robert Tracey Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • The Urban Farm (Grow It Green): 0.9 mi
  • The Kellog Club: 1.0 mi
  • Elliott Street Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.1 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 2.2 mi
  • Legend Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Basking Ridge Oak Tree: 7.5 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 40
Picnic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 12
  • Buttermilk Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Boonton Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Seele: 9.5 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Hawk Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 12.5 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 13.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 14.1 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Boiling Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Tulip Springs: 9.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Washington’s Headquarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNW 340°425 m16.5 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNW 343°420 m15.3 mi
Green Pond MountainNNW 341°393 m12.5 mi
Copperas MountainN 0°373 m15.2 mi
Mount ArlingtonNW 314°371 m11.8 mi
Kanouse MountainN 8°361 m17.2 mi
Mase MountainNNW 331°359 m12.6 mi
Cobb HillN 1°358 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2719:5220:33
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1915:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313240526171767467554536
Precip in3.53.04.24.04.04.84.74.94.64.63.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canoe Brook, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8997001966

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