Senior Garden
Senior Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Koch Family Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wakefield School
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.8 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Run Overlook · 21 mi
- Compton Peak East · 22 mi
- Compton Peak West · 22 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunker Hill: 2.0 mi
- Griffin Mountain: 3.2 mi
- High Point Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Biscuit Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Signal Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Great Meadows: 2.6 mi
- Northern Fauquier Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Jackson Hollow Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Waterfall Park: 5.9 mi
- Mill Park: 7.0 mi
- Fred And Anita Scott Amphitheater: 5.9 mi
- Wachovia Handicraft Pavilion: 6.1 mi
- Akela Village: 6.1 mi
- Silo Pavilion: 6.1 mi
- BB Rifle Range: 6.1 mi
- Battle of Buckland Mills: 7.3 mi
- Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 10.8 mi
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 11.2 mi
- Swart Farmhouse: 11.6 mi
- Second Manassas Monument: 12.1 mi
- Arlington Outdoor Lab: 4.5 mi
- Elizabeth Nickens Park Site: 6.3 mi
- Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest: 10.3 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 12.9 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 15.0 mi
- Carol: 8.8 mi
- Sundial: 17.9 mi
- Wildcat: 19.7 mi
- Wildcat: 19.7 mi
- Maze: 20.5 mi
- Haymarket Museum: 8.0 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 8.0 mi
- The Cold War Museum: 9.4 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 9.8 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 15.4 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 0.0 mi
- Founders Garden: 4.7 mi
- Welcome Garden: 4.8 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 15.2 mi
- Shelter #11: 15.6 mi
- Shelter #1: 15.7 mi
- UnNamed Spring: 4.3 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 4.5 mi
- Harmony Spring: 4.6 mi
- White Rock Spring: 4.7 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 4.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.9 mi
- Pua Falls: 16.3 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 22.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.8 mi
- Miller Falls: 23.9 mi
- River Access: 20.0 mi
- River Access: 20.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 24.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Senior Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | WNW 298° | 674 m | 15.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | W 273° | 644 m | 14.4 mi |
| Paris | NW 306° | 590 m | 15.1 mi |
| Paris Mountain | NNW 326° | 587 m | 14.8 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | W 263° | 476 m | 9.7 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WNW 292° | 448 m | 12.1 mi |
| Little Cobbler Mountain | W 276° | 441 m | 9.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | W 273° | 438 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrenton 3 SE, 12 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle21 obs
- common selfheal20 obs
- rue anemone20 obs
- mayapple16 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty16 obs
- green comet milkweed16 obs
- field thistle15 obs
- common milkweed14 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/821515034
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 8 mi
- Northern Virginia · 15 mi
- Bristow · 16 mi
- Centreville · 18 mi
- Loudoun County · 18 mi
- Manassas · 18 mi
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