Capital Jewish Museum
Capital Jewish Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is National Building Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.3 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Capital Jewish Museum, officially the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, is a historical society and museum in Washington, D.C., focused on the history of Jewish life in the American capital city and the surrounding Washington metropolitan area. Formerly known as the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (JHSGW), the organization adopted a new name in 2018 as it prepared for the opening of its new museum. The organization was founded in 1960 and incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1965. From 1975 to 2016, it operated the Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum in the historic Adas Israel Synagogue building, an 1876 structure that is the oldest surviving synagogue in the city. The synagogue building has been moved three times in its history, with a final move in 2019 to become part of the Capital Jewish Museum.
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What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- National Building Museum: 0.1 mi
- LabX: 0.2 mi
- National Guard Memorial Museum: 0.3 mi
- National Postal Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum: 0.4 mi
- Judiciary Square: 0.1 mi
- John Marshall Place Park: 0.3 mi
- Milian Park: 0.3 mi
- Chinatown Park: 0.4 mi
- Lower Senate Park: 0.4 mi
- Goddess of Democracy replica: 0.2 mi
- Brigadier General Albert Pike Statue: 0.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 0.2 mi
- She Who Must Be Obeyed: 0.2 mi
- Ashes to Answers: 0.2 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.5 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.6 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.6 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.8 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.0 mi
- West Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Garden Court: 0.6 mi
- East Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Rare & Endangered: 0.6 mi
- Plant Adaptations: 0.6 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.7 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Alger Park: 3.5 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.5 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.7 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.8 mi
- Peters Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.3 mi
- Round Hill: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Head: 22.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.2 mi
- Great Falls: 14.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.2 mi
- Wilson: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Capital Jewish Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 280° | 156 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 323° | 156 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 270° | 144 m | 9.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 7.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 278° | 140 m | 12.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 264° | 137 m | 9.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 257° | 125 m | 7.3 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 319° | 123 m | 5.0 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 | 19:58 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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