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The Phillips Collection, a museum
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The Phillips Collection is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Phillips Collection is an art museum located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The museum was founded by art collectors Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. Among the artists represented in the collection are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Courbet, El Greco, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Klee, Arthur Dove, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, Jacob Lawrence, Augustus Vincent Tack, Georgia O'Keeffe, Karel Appel, Joan Miró, Mark Rothko and Berenice Abbott.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1921.

Wikidata Q578485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.91166, -77.04689

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
Picnic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
  • Jackson Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Lees Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Peters Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Camp Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Linnean Hill: 1.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.2 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 2.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 275°156 m10.0 mi
Hunting HillNW 326°156 m14.5 mi
Black HillNW 325°148 m23.3 mi
Mount DanielW 262°144 m7.4 mi
Minor's HillW 265°140 m6.0 mi
Freedom HillW 274°140 m10.6 mi
Prout HillWSW 255°137 m8.1 mi
Upton HillWSW 244°125 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1527304874

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