Kitchen Garden
Kitchen Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabell's Mill at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Private
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 11.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 15.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook 2 · 13 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 13 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 13 mi
- Overlook 1 · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cabell's Mill at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 0.4 mi
- Poplar Tree Park: 1.1 mi
- Centreville Farms Community Association: 1.3 mi
- Greenbriar Park: 1.5 mi
- First Battle of Manassas: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 0.4 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 4.4 mi
- Shelter #7: 5.0 mi
- Shelter #6: 5.0 mi
- Shelter #9: 5.0 mi
- Stone Crossing Park: 1.4 mi
- Mountain Road District Park: 3.6 mi
- Fairfax Villa Park: 5.4 mi
- Clifton Creek Trail Park: 5.9 mi
- R. Randolph Buckley "8-Acre" Park: 6.0 mi
- Maze: 2.0 mi
- Girl with Dog: 2.2 mi
- Wildcat: 2.6 mi
- Wildcat: 2.7 mi
- Horse head: 3.5 mi
- Colonel John Singleton Mosby: 2.6 mi
- Seniors 2020 Rock: 2.6 mi
- Kearny and Stevens Monuments: 3.3 mi
- Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 4.1 mi
- Union Mills Historic Site: 5.5 mi
- Rock Hill: 2.9 mi
- Choo Choo Hill: 5.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 5.9 mi
- Henry Hill: 5.9 mi
- Matthews Hill: 6.0 mi
- Castle Slide: 3.6 mi
- Castle Slide: 3.6 mi
- Yellow Chair Meeting Point: 3.6 mi
- Bull Run Special Events Center: 3.6 mi
- Farm Chores: 3.6 mi
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: 3.6 mi
- National Firearms Museum: 5.1 mi
- Fairfax Station Railroad Museum: 6.7 mi
- Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center: 7.1 mi
- Antique Railroad Cars: 8.0 mi
- Pollinator Meadow: 4.1 mi
- Designated Wildflower Zone: 5.6 mi
- CBA Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Heart Haven Meditation Garden: 7.1 mi
- Green Acres Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- White Rock Spring: 14.6 mi
- Harmony Spring: 15.8 mi
- Peace Spring: 15.8 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 15.8 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 16.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.2 mi
- Beaver Landing: 17.7 mi
- West Beach: 17.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 9.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.9 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 4.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 5.0 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.2 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.3 mi
- Indian Head: 22.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Possum Nose: 22.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Kitchen Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Mountain | WSW 258° | 417 m | 22.5 mi |
| Signal Mountain | W 276° | 413 m | 14.7 mi |
| Rappahannock Mountain | WSW 258° | 404 m | 22.9 mi |
| High Point Mountain | W 269° | 397 m | 15.2 mi |
| White Rock | W 276° | 387 m | 14.8 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 278° | 374 m | 13.7 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NNW 341° | 361 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pignut Mountain | WSW 257° | 326 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- mayapple151 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly142 obs
- Northern Cardinal121 obs
- bloodroot90 obs
- multiflora rose89 obs
- Mourning Dove87 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel87 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle87 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/893988268
Day trips start here
- Centreville · 1 mi
- Chantilly · 2 mi
- Northern Virginia · 6 mi
- Fairfax · 7 mi
- Fairfax County · 8 mi
- Herndon · 8 mi
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