International Spy Museum
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International Spy Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Luci's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.2 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The International Spy Museum is an independent non-profit history museum which documents the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of the intelligence field and espionage. It holds the largest collection of international espionage artifacts on public display. The museum opened in 2002 in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and relocated to L'Enfant Plaza in 2019.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2002-07-19.
Wikidata Q2668693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 5.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Luci's Park: 0.1 mi
- Hancock Park: 0.2 mi
- Earth Day Park: 0.2 mi
- Jefferson Field: 0.2 mi
- Mary Livingston Ripley Garden: 0.3 mi
- ARTECHOUSE: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of African Art: 0.3 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Arts and Industries Building: 0.3 mi
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: 0.4 mi
- High Water Mark: 0.2 mi
- Maine Lobsterman: 0.2 mi
- Spencer Fullerton Baird: 0.3 mi
- Arthur Vining Downing Statue: 0.3 mi
- Spatial Concept: Nature: 0.3 mi
- Fountain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Moongate Garden: 0.3 mi
- Floral Library: 0.6 mi
- Orchids: 0.7 mi
- Mediterranean: 0.7 mi
- Andrew Jackson Downing Urn: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Hollowell: 0.6 mi
- Jefferson Memorial: 0.6 mi
- National Native American Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Washington Monument: 0.6 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.9 mi
- United States Capitol: 1.0 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 1.0 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 1.2 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.1 mi
- Alger Park: 3.5 mi
- Reservation 630: 4.2 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 4.4 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.3 mi
- Troy Park: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.2 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.6 mi
- Lees Hill: 3.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 3.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Indian Head: 20.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.1 mi
- Great Falls: 14.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.2 mi
- Wilson: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of International Spy Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 284° | 156 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 326° | 156 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 276° | 144 m | 8.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 281° | 140 m | 7.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 283° | 140 m | 12.0 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 269° | 137 m | 9.0 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 264° | 125 m | 6.5 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 330° | 123 m | 5.4 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 | 06:56 | 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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/685765699
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./East End · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./National Mall · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./West End · 1 mi
- Arlington National Cemetery · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 2 mi
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