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Welcome Garden

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Welcome Garden from directly overhead

Welcome Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80466, -77.71418

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Battle of Buckland Mills: 2.6 mi
  • Second Manassas Monument: 8.7 mi
  • 14th Brooklyn Monument: 9.1 mi
  • New York Regiment: 9.2 mi
  • Chinn House (Hazel Plain): 9.7 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Vint Hill Park: 4.0 mi
  • Vint Hill Park: 4.0 mi
  • Lake Brittle: 4.1 mi
  • Brookside Community Park: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Gazebo Park: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Gardens: 32
Artworks: 30
  • Carol: 8.2 mi
  • Wildcat: 16.4 mi
  • Wildcat: 16.4 mi
  • Maze: 17.8 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Shelter #11: 11.9 mi
  • Shelter #1: 12.0 mi
  • Shelter #2: 12.1 mi
Museums: 20
Springs: 8
  • Peace Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 0.3 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 0.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • West Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.9 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 24.1 mi
  • River Access: 24.3 mi
  • River Access: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.8 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.6 mi
  • Pua Falls: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Welcome Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainWNW 302°674 m19.7 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 283°644 m18.2 mi
ParisNW 309°590 m19.8 mi
Paris MountainNW 324°587 m19.5 mi
Big Cobbler MountainW 280°476 m13.1 mi
Naked MountainWNW 299°448 m16.5 mi
Little Cobbler MountainWNW 289°441 m13.2 mi
Buck MountainWNW 284°438 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4720:0020:40
September equinox06:5918:3519:10
December solstice07:2616:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556371757468564637

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrenton 3 SE, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Frog64 obs
  • Cucumber Root50 obs
  • Christmas fern46 obs
  • striped wintergreen46 obs
  • mayapple41 obs
  • Wood Frog38 obs
  • rue anemone38 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica38 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/1264807745

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