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Heart Haven Meditation Garden

Heart Haven Meditation Garden from directly overhead

Heart Haven Meditation Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakborough Square Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 6.7 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Unity of Fairfax
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.88435, -77.30301

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Green Acres Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Pollinator Meadow: 3.4 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Confucius: 3.8 mi
  • Kearny and Stevens Monuments: 3.8 mi
  • Pieta: 4.4 mi
  • St. Francis: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 4.1 mi
  • Pony Barn: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic area D: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic area C: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 57
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.2 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 11.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 270°413 m21.5 mi
High Point MountainW 265°397 m22.2 mi
White RockW 270°387 m21.6 mi
Chestnut PeakW 270°374 m20.4 mi
Griffin MountainW 271°295 m23.4 mi
Biscuit MountainWSW 258°268 m22.8 mi
Hogback MountainNW 312°187 m21.9 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 298°176 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536270757467554537
Precip in3.32.63.83.44.34.14.33.54.23.53.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wavyleaf basketgrass236 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage141 obs
  • Japanese barberry135 obs
  • lesser celandine135 obs
  • garlic mustard125 obs
  • American Toad125 obs
  • White-tailed Deer118 obs
  • mayapple117 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1173140660

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