America's Islamic Heritage Museum
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America's Islamic Heritage Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Big Chair, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.9 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Monday - Closed; Tuesday - Saturday 11-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm
The story
The America's Islamic Heritage Museum is a history museum located in Washington, DC, United States. It is a non-profit organization that displays a variety of Islamic artifacts, photographs, and stories dating from the 16th century up to the 21st century. Before it was a museum, it was a traveling exhibit called Collections and Stories of American Muslims (CSAM). Later, the traveling exhibit turned into a museum that was established on April 30, 2011. In 2024, the history museum introduced its grand reopening in a new constructed, mixed-use space at the ground floor, sharing it with a housing unit and other rental spaces.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2011.
Wikidata Q16148433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 2.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- The Big Chair: 0.2 mi
- Light Tower: 0.8 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 1.0 mi
- Waterline: 1.2 mi
- Flash Point: 1.2 mi
- Barry Farm Recreational Center: 0.3 mi
- Frederick Douglass Home: 0.4 mi
- Anacostia Park, Section C: 0.4 mi
- Admiral Willard Park: 0.7 mi
- Admiral Dahlgren Park: 0.7 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- Tom Lantos: 1.4 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 1.4 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 1.4 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 1.4 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 0.7 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 0.9 mi
- Rubell Museum DC: 1.5 mi
- Museum of the Bible: 2.0 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 2.1 mi
- River Street Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hawaii: 2.0 mi
- World Deserts: 2.0 mi
- Garden Primeval: 2.0 mi
- USS Enterprise: 0.8 mi
- USS Mitscher: 0.9 mi
- Peter Pitchlynn: 1.3 mi
- Edwin MacGrotty: 1.3 mi
- Belva Lockwood: 1.3 mi
- Alger Park: 1.4 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 2.4 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 2.7 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.2 mi
- Troy Park: 4.5 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 6.2 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 3.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 3.9 mi
- Hickey Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Indian Head: 20.4 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.7 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 24.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 7.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 19.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.4 mi
- Great Falls: 16.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.1 mi
- Wilson: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of America's Islamic Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 288° | 156 m | 13.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 283° | 144 m | 10.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 287° | 140 m | 9.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 287° | 140 m | 14.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 277° | 137 m | 10.9 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 275° | 125 m | 8.4 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 324° | 123 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3688609913
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