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Fishing Shore

Fishing Shore from directly overhead

Fishing Shore is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fletcher's Cove, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway runs past it. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.91122, -77.09692

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Parks
  • W Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Marcey Road Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hardy: 0.7 mi
  • Fort C.F. Smith Park: 0.8 mi
  • Thrifton Hill Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Glass Forest: 0.9 mi
  • Dave Grohl Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Saint Ignatius of Loyola: 1.3 mi
  • Bishop John Carroll: 1.3 mi
  • Jan Karski: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 41
Beaches: 6
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 24.5 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 24.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 12.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 278°156 m7.4 mi
Hunting HillNNW 336°156 m13.2 mi
Black HillNNW 331°148 m21.9 mi
Mount DanielWSW 258°144 m4.7 mi
Minor's HillW 261°140 m3.4 mi
Freedom HillW 276°140 m7.9 mi
Prout HillWSW 248°137 m5.5 mi
Upton HillSW 226°125 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 2 mi away.

Mean tidal range 2.79 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station WASHINGTON, Washington Channel, D.C., DC, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358957526

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