Zero Milestone
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Zero Milestone is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be reckoned when it was built.
The story
The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C., erected in 1923 as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States would be measured.
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Dates from 1923.
Wikidata Q191938, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY DETERMINED THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE AND ELEVATION OF THE ZERO MILESTONE AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS JUNE 5, 1920 DEDICATED JUNE 4, 1923
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 5.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain: 0.0 mi
- Meridian Stone: 0.1 mi
- General William T. Sherman Monument: 0.1 mi
- First Division Monument: 0.1 mi
- Boy Scout Memorial: 0.1 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Big Red One: 0.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- German-American Friendship Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Ellipse: 0.1 mi
- Sherman Park: 0.1 mi
- Artigas Park: 0.3 mi
- Bolivar Park: 0.3 mi
- Constitution Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Alexander Hamilton Statue: 0.2 mi
- Floor Frame: 0.2 mi
- Canova Lions: 0.2 mi
- Armenian Earthquake: 0.2 mi
- Bex Eagle Statue: 0.2 mi
- DAR Museum: 0.2 mi
- Octagon House: 0.3 mi
- The People’s House: 0.3 mi
- Renwick Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Art Museum of the Americas: 0.3 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.3 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.3 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.6 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.8 mi
- Lock 0: 1.2 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.4 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.4 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.2 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.7 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 4.0 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.4 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Indian Head: 21.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.2 mi
- Great Falls: 13.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.1 mi
- Wilson: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zero Milestone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 281° | 156 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 327° | 156 m | 15.7 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 271° | 144 m | 7.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 6.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 264° | 137 m | 8.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 256° | 125 m | 6.1 mi |
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 | 06:56 | 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/7965387546
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