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Drug Enforcement Agency Museum and Visitors Center

Drug Enforcement Agency Museum and Visitors Center from directly overhead

Drug Enforcement Agency Museum and Visitors Center is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Through Strength, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates38.86467, -77.05812

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Peace Through Strength: 0.0 mi
  • Shhh: 0.3 mi
  • Fifi: 0.4 mi
  • Red Portal: 0.4 mi
  • Wave Arbor: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Grant Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Grace Murray Hopper Park: 0.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Virginia Highlands Park: 0.4 mi
  • Central Courtyard: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Troy Park: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 2.9 mi
  • Area 2: 3.3 mi
  • Area 1: 3.3 mi
  • Area 3: 3.3 mi
Museums
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 7
  • Fishing Shore: 3.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drug Enforcement Agency Museum and Visitors Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 294°156 m10.3 mi
Hunting HillNNW 334°156 m17.0 mi
Mount DanielWNW 289°144 m7.1 mi
Minor's HillWNW 296°140 m6.0 mi
Freedom HillWNW 292°140 m10.7 mi
Prout HillW 279°137 m7.3 mi
Upton HillW 278°125 m4.8 mi
Point RenoN 351°123 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367996966

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