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Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington

Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington from directly overhead

Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Maury Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.6 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
79 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.88169, -77.10206

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Maury Park: 0.0 mi
  • Herselle Milliken Park: 0.1 mi
  • Oakland Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gum Ball Park: 0.1 mi
  • Quincy Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Constitution Park Bell: 1.0 mi
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Gate Fountain: 1.8 mi
  • Lock 0: 2.7 mi
  • Old Stone House: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Flower Garden: 1.6 mi
  • BonAir Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Ornamental Tree Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Reevesland Learning Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Fletcher's Cove: 2.5 mi
  • Troy Park: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 3.1 mi
  • Area 2: 3.4 mi
  • Area 3: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 42
Beaches: 7
  • Fishing Shore: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 17.7 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 13.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 21.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 21.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 22.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 293°156 m7.7 mi
Hunting HillNNW 340°156 m15.0 mi
Black HillNNW 334°148 m23.6 mi
Mount DanielWNW 284°144 m4.5 mi
Minor's HillWNW 296°140 m3.4 mi
Freedom HillWNW 291°140 m8.1 mi
Prout HillW 270°137 m4.9 mi
Upton HillWSW 258°125 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/212022797

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