Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. The estate was founded by the Bliss couple, who gave the home and gardens to Harvard University in 1940. In 1944, it was the site of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, which developed plans for the founding of the United Nations following World War II. The part of the landscaped portion of the estate that was designed as an enhanced "natural" area, was given to the National Park Service and is now Dumbarton Oaks Park. The research institute that has emerged from the bequest to Harvard is dedicated to supporting scholarship in the fields of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies, as well as garden design and landscape architecture through its research fellowships, meetings, exhibitions, and publications. It also opens its garden and museum collections to the public, and hosts public lectures and a concert series. Dumbarton Oaks is distinct from Dumbarton House, a Federal Style historic house museum also located in the Georgetown area.
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Dates from 1940.
Wikidata Q1264942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.0 mi
- West End Garden: 0.7 mi
- Whitehaven Garden: 0.8 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 1.1 mi
- Bishop’s Garden: 1.2 mi
- Book Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Montrose Park: 0.2 mi
- Volta Park: 0.3 mi
- East Park: 0.5 mi
- Whitehaven Parkway Park: 0.6 mi
- Sarah Rittenhouse Armillary Sphere: 0.2 mi
- Statue of Winston Churchill: 0.4 mi
- Union Flag: 0.5 mi
- Charles Glover: 0.6 mi
- Jan Karski: 0.6 mi
- Nelson Mandela Statue: 0.4 mi
- Khalil Gibran Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Hollywood on the Potomac: 0.7 mi
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument: 0.7 mi
- Justice William O Douglas Statue: 0.7 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
- Lock 0: 1.0 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 1.2 mi
- Southern Cassowary: 1.2 mi
- Double Wattled Cassowary: 1.2 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
- Anderson House: 0.9 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 0.9 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 1.1 mi
- National Museum Of American Jewish Military History: 1.2 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.0 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.2 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.3 mi
- Reservation 630: 1.7 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.2 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 2.4 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 2.5 mi
- Lees Hill: 0.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 0.5 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 0.8 mi
- Mount Alto: 0.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.8 mi
- Indian Head: 22.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 1.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 10.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
- Great Falls: 11.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dumbarton Oaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 275° | 156 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 329° | 156 m | 13.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 326° | 148 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 260° | 144 m | 6.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 262° | 140 m | 5.1 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 9.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 252° | 137 m | 7.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 238° | 125 m | 5.2 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 | 06:57 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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