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ARTECHOUSE

ARTECHOUSE from directly overhead

ARTECHOUSE is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Luci's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.1 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88401, -77.02914

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Luci's Park: 0.1 mi
  • Earth Day Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hancock Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jefferson Field: 0.4 mi
  • Agriculture Grounds: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks: 34
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of ARTECHOUSE. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 285°156 m11.3 mi
Hunting HillNNW 327°156 m16.6 mi
Mount DanielW 277°144 m8.3 mi
Minor's HillW 281°140 m7.1 mi
Freedom HillWNW 283°140 m11.8 mi
Prout HillW 269°137 m8.8 mi
Upton HillW 264°125 m6.3 mi
Point RenoNNW 332°123 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5401217821

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