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United States Army Engineer Museum

United States Army Engineer Museum from directly overhead

United States Army Engineer Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Gazeebo, a park 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.9 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
37 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.69420, -77.13743

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Gazeebo: 0.5 mi
  • Garden Park: 1.0 mi
  • Castle Park: 1.3 mi
  • Soldier Statesman Park: 1.5 mi
  • Washington Mill Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Belvoir Manor: 1.1 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 2.2 mi
  • Pentagon Stones: 2.7 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 3.0 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 1.5 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 2.8 mi
  • Lower Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Garden: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 3.7 mi
  • Treehouse: 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 7.0 mi
  • Area 4: 9.6 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 45
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 12.5 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 12.5 mi
  • West Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 11.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 11.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 12.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of United States Army Engineer Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 342°156 m16.8 mi
Mount DanielN 350°144 m14.3 mi
Minor's HillN 356°140 m14.5 mi
Freedom HillNNW 340°140 m16.8 mi
Prout HillNNW 347°137 m13.3 mi
Upton HillN 358°125 m12.4 mi
Point RenoN 10°123 m18.1 mi
Spy HillN 360°114 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/123676029

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