Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum
Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum is a museum, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglass Pool, a park 0.3 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.0 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Anacostia Community Museum (known colloquially as the ACM) is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is one of twenty museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution and was the first federally funded community museum in the United States. The museum, founded in 1967, was created with the intention to bring aspects of the Smithsonian museums, located on the National Mall, to the Anacostia neighborhood, with the hope that community members from the neighborhood would visit the main Smithsonian museums. It became federally funded in 1970 and focuses on the community in and around Anacostia in its exhibitions. This museum also houses a library. In 2025, President Donald Trump proposed a federal budget that would discontinue funding for the institution. The amount would equal 60% of the museum's total budget and its proposed withdrawal threatens the continuity of the institution.
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Dates from 1967.
Wikidata Q483592, matched on coordinates and name (44 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 83 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Smithsonian Institution
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 3.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Douglass Pool: 0.3 mi
- Woodland Terrace Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
- Douglass Community Center: 0.3 mi
- Frederick Douglass Home: 0.6 mi
- Hillcrest: 0.7 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 0.6 mi
- John Gould Stephenson: 1.7 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 1.7 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 1.7 mi
- James Pumphrey: 1.7 mi
- Alger Park: 0.8 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 1.8 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 2.0 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.9 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.2 mi
- The Big Chair: 0.9 mi
- Light Tower: 1.7 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 1.8 mi
- Waterline: 2.0 mi
- Waterline: 2.1 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 0.9 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 1.5 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 2.2 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 2.2 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 2.3 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 1.3 mi
- USS Enterprise: 1.6 mi
- Belva Lockwood: 1.6 mi
- Peter Pitchlynn: 1.6 mi
- The Ward 6 September 11 Memorial Grove: 1.6 mi
- River Street Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 2.0 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 2.3 mi
- Hilton Garden: 2.8 mi
- Troy Park: 5.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 6.5 mi
- Area 1: 6.9 mi
- Area 2: 7.0 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 3.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 4.0 mi
- Peters Hill: 4.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Indian Head: 20.4 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 23.6 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 24.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 16.6 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 23.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 8.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 19.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.4 mi
- Great Falls: 17.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.7 mi
- Wilson: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 289° | 156 m | 14.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 323° | 156 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 284° | 144 m | 11.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 288° | 140 m | 10.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 288° | 140 m | 15.0 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 278° | 137 m | 11.7 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 278° | 125 m | 9.2 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 321° | 123 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 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 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367144495
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 2 mi
- Suitland · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./East End · 4 mi
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