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National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museumU.S. Navy photo · Public domain
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museum
U.S. Navy · Public domain
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museum
Public domain
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domain
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domain
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, a museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domain

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National Museum of the U.S. Navy is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Admiral Willard Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 2.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States. The U.S. Navy Museum is one of ten official Navy museums, and is part of the Naval History & Heritage Command, the official history program of the United States Navy.

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Dates from 1961.

Wikidata Q2790860, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.87361, -76.99528

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Admiral Willard Park: 0.1 mi
  • West Leutze Park: 0.1 mi
  • Admiral Leutze Park: 0.1 mi
  • Admiral Dahlgren Park: 0.1 mi
  • Virginia Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • USS Enterprise: 0.1 mi
  • USS Mitscher: 0.1 mi
  • Original Site of Providence Hospital: 0.8 mi
  • Edwin MacGrotty: 0.9 mi
  • Peter Pitchlynn: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • River Street Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Barracks Row Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Hilton Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Hawaii: 1.4 mi
  • World Deserts: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks: 33
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 286°156 m13.3 mi
Hunting HillNW 323°156 m18.2 mi
Mount DanielW 279°144 m10.2 mi
Minor's HillWNW 283°140 m9.0 mi
Freedom HillWNW 284°140 m13.8 mi
Prout HillW 273°137 m10.6 mi
Upton HillW 270°125 m8.1 mi
Point RenoNW 321°123 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/67260559

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