East Wing National Gallery of Art
East Wing National Gallery of Art is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cubi XI, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.9 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress. Andrew W. Mellon donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction. The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, Rush Harrison Kress, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, Joseph E. Widener, and Chester Dale. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present and includes the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder. The Gallery's campus includes the original neoclassical West Building designed by John Russell Pope, which is linked underground to the modernist East Building, designed by I. M. Pei, and is next to the 6.1-acre (25,000 m2) Sculpture Garden. The Gallery often presents temporary special exhibitions spanning the world and the history of art. It is one of the largest museums in North America. Attendance rose to nearly 4 million visitors in 2024, making it second on the list of most-visited museums in the United States. Of the top three art museums in the United States by annual visitors, it is the only one that has no admission fee.
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Dates from 1978.
Wikidata Q118314575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 33 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cubi XI: 0.0 mi
- Moondog: 0.0 mi
- Sir William Blackstone Statue: 0.1 mi
- Chief Justice John Marshall Statue: 0.2 mi
- Totem Poles: 0.2 mi
- George Gordon Meade Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Trylon of Freedom: 0.1 mi
- National Native American Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Ulysses S. Grant Statue: 0.2 mi
- Washington Area Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Seaton Park - East: 0.1 mi
- John Marshall Place Park: 0.1 mi
- Seaton Park - West: 0.1 mi
- Federal Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
- Union Square: 0.2 mi
- National Gallery of Art: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of the American Indian: 0.2 mi
- U.S. National Archives: 0.4 mi
- LabX: 0.4 mi
- Navy Memorial Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- West Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Rare & Endangered: 0.3 mi
- Mediterranean: 0.3 mi
- Garden Court: 0.3 mi
- Southern Exposure: 0.3 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.4 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.5 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.7 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.0 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Alger Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.5 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 4.0 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.8 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Lees Hill: 3.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Indian Head: 21.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.3 mi
- Great Falls: 14.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.9 mi
- Wilson: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Wing National Gallery of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 273° | 144 m | 8.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 276° | 140 m | 7.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 12.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 266° | 137 m | 9.5 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 260° | 125 m | 7.1 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 323° | 123 m | 5.3 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 | 20:37 |
| 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/66418590
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