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Riverbend Park Nature Center

Riverbend Park Nature Center from directly overhead

Riverbend Park Nature Center is an attraction in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 21 “Swains” Campground, a park 0.7 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
69 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.02209, -77.25015

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lock 21 “Swains” Campground: 0.7 mi
  • Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church playground: 1.6 mi
  • Heritage Farm Neighborhood Park: 2.2 mi
  • Great Falls Grange Park: 2.5 mi
  • Woodrock Playground Park: 2.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 1.1 mi
  • Clay Houses: Boulder-Room-Holes(2007-08) by Andy Goldsworthy: 2.3 mi
  • Sylvester (2001) by Richard Serra: 2.4 mi
  • Untitled (2005) by Ellsworth Kelly: 2.4 mi
  • Untitled (1992-95) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Mather Gorge: 2.0 mi
  • Mather Gorge marker: 2.0 mi
  • Burling Defenders: 4.7 mi
  • Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 4.8 mi
  • The River of Blood: 5.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • Fred Packard Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 6.0 mi
  • White Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Terrace Garden: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 52
Springs: 6
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.2 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.8 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 335°387 m18.3 mi
Waterford PeakWNW 303°361 m20.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 308°235 m21.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 285°187 m19.8 mi
Steptoe HillW 273°176 m23.0 mi
Hunting HillNNE 33°156 m5.2 mi
Gantt HillS 172°156 m6.7 mi
Black HillNNW 347°148 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566573787669574739
Precip in3.12.63.73.23.54.04.03.14.03.53.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/971397631

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