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Dennis Crook Memorial Bench

Dennis Crook Memorial Bench from directly overhead

Dennis Crook Memorial Bench is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. Old Georgetown Pike passes 2.3 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Memorial Bench in honor of Dennis Crook. Wooden benches on a large concrete slab with a street light. Connects to the Blue Trail

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In Memory Dennis Crook Inlet Cluster Resident Director
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.96713, -77.33469

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Lake Anne Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hook Road Rec Area: 0.5 mi
  • Brown's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Golf Course Island Rec Area: 0.6 mi
  • Reston North Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • sculpture garden: 0.3 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 0.3 mi
  • Pyramid: 0.4 mi
  • Buoyant Force: 1.6 mi
  • Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic area A: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic area B: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic area D: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic area C: 1.1 mi
  • Pony Barn: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Pupatella Car: 1.1 mi
  • Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 4.1 mi
  • Lock 18: 5.1 mi
  • Lock 15: 5.1 mi
  • Lock 19: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 1.8 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 3.4 mi
  • Conifer Collection: 3.4 mi
  • Korean Bell Garden: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 60
Springs: 12
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.7 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 13.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 10.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 13.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 13.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dennis Crook Memorial Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWSW 253°413 m20.7 mi
High Point MountainWSW 250°397 m21.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 351°387 m20.6 mi
White RockWSW 254°387 m20.7 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 253°374 m19.5 mi
Waterford PeakNW 320°361 m19.8 mi
Griffin MountainWSW 257°295 m22.3 mi
Biscuit MountainWSW 243°268 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
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 °F333542536270757467554537
Precip in3.32.63.83.44.34.14.33.54.23.53.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/565585227

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