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Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon

Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon from directly overhead

Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway runs past it. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Meet the people who shaped Mount Vernon, including Washington and Custis family members, enslaved and hired laborers, and Vice Regents of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which has owned and preserved Mount Vernon since the 19th century.

About

The story

plantation estate of George Washington, in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

Dates from 1756.

Wikidata Q731635, matched on coordinates and name (296 m apart).

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.71014, -77.08767

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 0.0 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 0.1 mi
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 0.2 mi
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 0.2 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 2.3 mi
Gardens
  • Upper Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 0.2 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 1.5 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 1.8 mi
  • Belvoir Manor: 3.1 mi
  • Pentagon Stones: 4.6 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Treehouse: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Table: 5.6 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 6.2 mi
  • Area 4: 8.3 mi
  • Area 5: 8.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 41
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 13.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.4 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 15.4 mi
  • West Beach: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 14.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 14.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 15.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 332°156 m16.8 mi
Mount DanielNNW 339°144 m13.9 mi
Minor's HillNNW 344°140 m13.9 mi
Freedom HillNNW 330°140 m16.9 mi
Prout HillNNW 335°137 m13.1 mi
Upton HillNNW 344°125 m11.8 mi
Point RenoN 2°123 m16.7 mi
Spy HillNNW 346°114 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12812409481

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