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South 4-Mile Run Community Garden

South 4-Mile Run Community Garden from directly overhead

South 4-Mile Run Community Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Barcroft Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.9 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Arlington County

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85150, -77.10189

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Barcroft Park: 0.3 mi
  • Douglas Park: 0.3 mi
  • Doctors Branch Park: 0.3 mi
  • Allie S. Freed Park: 0.4 mi
  • Village Center Public Square: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 43
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 4.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Coe Creek: 16.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 21.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South 4-Mile Run Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNW 306°156 m8.7 mi
Hunting HillNNW 342°156 m16.9 mi
Mount DanielNW 306°144 m5.4 mi
Minor's HillNW 320°140 m4.7 mi
Freedom HillWNW 303°140 m9.1 mi
Prout HillWNW 293°137 m5.3 mi
Upton HillWNW 303°125 m2.9 mi
Point RenoNNE 11°123 m7.1 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 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel452 obs
  • American Bullfrog406 obs
  • American Robin362 obs
  • eastern poison ivy356 obs
  • American pokeweed351 obs
  • Virginia creeper347 obs
  • White-tailed Deer337 obs
  • mayapple332 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/209279018

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