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The Farm at Halley Rise

The Farm at Halley Rise from directly overhead

The Farm at Halley Rise is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Southgate Community Center, a park 0.6 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.94935, -77.36002

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Southgate Community Center: 0.6 mi
  • Reston Town Square Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hyatt Park: 0.7 mi
  • South Lakes Drive Park: 0.7 mi
  • Presidents Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Buoyant Force: 0.6 mi
  • sculpture garden: 1.6 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 1.6 mi
  • Pyramid: 1.7 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 5.7 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Pony Barn: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic area D: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic area A: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic area B: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic area C: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Fred Packard Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Korean Bell Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Conifer Collection: 4.1 mi
  • Native Wetlands & Bog Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Historic Daylily Collection: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 18.0 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 14.4 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 12.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 12.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of The Farm at Halley Rise. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWSW 256°413 m19.0 mi
High Point MountainWSW 251°397 m20.1 mi
White RockWSW 256°387 m19.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 355°387 m21.7 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 256°374 m17.9 mi
Waterford PeakNW 325°361 m19.9 mi
Griffin MountainW 259°295 m20.7 mi
Biscuit MountainWSW 244°268 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
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 °F343644556473777669574638
Precip in2.92.63.53.54.74.34.13.53.93.63.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer4,049 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,607 obs
  • House Sparrow1,598 obs
  • American Robin1,469 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,381 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk959 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird913 obs
  • Song Sparrow821 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/1223111638

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