Butterfly Sanctuary
Butterfly Sanctuary is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Parkhurst Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.4 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 3.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Parkhurst Park: 0.3 mi
- Chestnut Hills Park: 0.4 mi
- Big Walnut Park: 0.6 mi
- Little Falls Park: 0.7 mi
- Halls Hill High View Park: 0.8 mi
- HHHVP: 0.8 mi
- Memory Bricks: 0.8 mi
- The Family: 0.8 mi
- Up snd Down: 1.2 mi
- The Flame: 1.7 mi
- Charles Stewart School (historic): 1.0 mi
- Stratford Junior High School: 1.7 mi
- Fort Buffalo: 1.8 mi
- Cherrydale: 1.8 mi
- Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- BonAir Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- Ornamental Tree Garden: 1.4 mi
- Reevesland Learning Garden: 1.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.3 mi
- Powhatan Hills Park: 1.4 mi
- Ballston Wetland Park: 1.5 mi
- Franklin Woods Park: 1.5 mi
- Lubber Run Park: 2.1 mi
- Donaldson Run Park: 2.2 mi
- Eden Center: 1.5 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 1.6 mi
- Constitution Park Bell: 1.6 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 1.9 mi
- Lock 5: 3.3 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 2.3 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington: 2.4 mi
- Kreeger Museum: 3.5 mi
- American University Museum at the Katzen: 4.3 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 4.4 mi
- Minor's Hill: 1.0 mi
- Upton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Spy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Daniel: 2.1 mi
- Munson Hill: 2.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.7 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 3.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 8.0 mi
- Beaver Landing: 22.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Indian Head: 20.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 5.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 6.0 mi
- Great Falls: 9.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 16.6 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.4 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 9.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 18.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.8 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.8 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 22.6 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfly Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 294° | 156 m | 5.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 347° | 156 m | 13.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 338° | 148 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 276° | 144 m | 2.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NW 307° | 140 m | 1.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 290° | 140 m | 5.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 251° | 137 m | 2.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | S 188° | 125 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.
- Red Fox491 obs
- American Robin414 obs
- Rock Pigeon396 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel360 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander333 obs
- Pharaoh Cicada327 obs
- American tuliptree303 obs
- Northern Cardinal286 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/376286163
Day trips start here
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 1 mi
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Falls Church · 2 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Southwest · 3 mi
- McLean · 3 mi
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