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National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum

National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum from directly overhead

National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Geodesic Dome, a attraction 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.9 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

American award for inventors (1973–)

Dates from 1973.

Wikidata Q1366018, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.80143, -77.06419

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Geodesic Dome: 0.1 mi
  • African American Heritage Park Sculpture: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Pool: 1.2 mi
  • World War I-Era Rudder: 1.4 mi
  • South Corner Boundary Stone: 1.5 mi
Parks
  • Alexandria African American Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
  • Limerick Street Recreational Field: 0.3 mi
  • Sunset Mini Park: 0.4 mi
  • King Street Gardens Park: 0.4 mi
  • Farrington Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
Picnic sites
Peaks: 38
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 7.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 19.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNW 313°156 m12.5 mi
Hunting HillNNW 340°156 m20.9 mi
Mount DanielNW 316°144 m9.2 mi
Minor's HillNW 324°140 m8.7 mi
Freedom HillNW 311°140 m12.8 mi
Prout HillNW 309°137 m8.8 mi
Upton HillNW 319°125 m6.7 mi
Point RenoN 356°123 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10711178598

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