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Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon

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Elevation, modelled
33 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Gantt Hill156 m · 16.8 mi
Nearest byway
George Washington Memorial Parkwayon it
Sunset, June solstice
20:37local time
Coordinates
38.7101, -77.0877

Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled 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.

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

Dates from 1756.

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

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

Named places within 25 miles

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).

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