National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is North American Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
museum devoted to Bonsai at the U.S. National Arboretum
Dates from 1976.
Wikidata Q102232157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 4.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- North American Garden: 0.0 mi
- Japanese Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- Japanese Stroll Garden: 0.0 mi
- North American Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- Cryptomeria Walk: 0.0 mi
- Arboretum Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
- U.S. National Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Langston Playground: 0.7 mi
- Loomis Park: 0.7 mi
- Dakota Park: 0.8 mi
- National Capitol Columns: 0.2 mi
- United Brick Corporation Brick Company: 0.3 mi
- Dave Salovesh: 1.3 mi
- On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 1.4 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 1.5 mi
- Riding High: 1.1 mi
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Statue: 1.2 mi
- Contrapposto Sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Dusk of H Street: 1.4 mi
- Bison Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 1.5 mi
- National Postal Museum: 2.3 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 2.3 mi
- National Guard Memorial Museum: 2.4 mi
- Prince Georges African American Museum and Cultural Center: 2.4 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 1.7 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.2 mi
- Alger Park: 3.3 mi
- Reservation 630: 5.2 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- John Smilie: 2.1 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 2.1 mi
- David Walker: 2.1 mi
- Nathaniel Hazard: 2.1 mi
- George Hadfield: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 4.7 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 4.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 0.4 mi
- Hickey Hill: 0.6 mi
- Round Hill: 1.4 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.4 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.8 mi
- Indian Head: 24.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.1 mi
- Great Falls: 16.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.8 mi
- Wilson: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 274° | 156 m | 14.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 314° | 156 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 265° | 144 m | 11.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 10.2 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 14.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 260° | 137 m | 12.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 255° | 125 m | 9.9 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 295° | 123 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/776362071
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Near Northeast · 1 mi
- Mount Rainier · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 2 mi
- Hyattsville · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 3 mi
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