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Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial from directly overhead

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is a park, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is D-Day Address, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.7 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2020-09-17
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.88711, -77.01904

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • D-Day Address: 0.0 mi
  • Second Inaugural Address: 0.0 mi
  • Tapestry: 0.0 mi
  • The Young Man: 0.0 mi
  • Delta Solar: 0.1 mi
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Orchids: 0.3 mi
  • Mediterranean: 0.3 mi
  • West Gallery: 0.3 mi
  • Rare & Endangered: 0.3 mi
  • Medicinal Plants: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks: 34
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 4.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 283°156 m11.8 mi
Hunting HillNW 325°156 m16.7 mi
Mount DanielW 275°144 m8.8 mi
Minor's HillW 279°140 m7.6 mi
Freedom HillWNW 282°140 m12.3 mi
Prout HillW 268°137 m9.3 mi
Upton HillW 263°125 m6.9 mi
Point RenoNW 326°123 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:37
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel2,362 obs
  • Mallard2,341 obs
  • European Starling1,754 obs
  • House Sparrow1,674 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,164 obs
  • American Robin1,028 obs
  • Western Honey Bee614 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle594 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/847351296

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