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Lyon Park Community Center

Lyon Park Community Center from directly overhead

Lyon Park Community Center is a historic site in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lyon Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.6 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
69 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.87915, -77.09212

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lyon Park: 0.0 mi
  • Zitkala-Ša Park: 0.2 mi
  • Triangle Park on N Fillmore: 0.3 mi
  • Fillmore Park: 0.4 mi
  • 11th Street Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Memorial Gate Fountain: 1.3 mi
  • Constitution Park Bell: 1.5 mi
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 2.2 mi
  • Lock 0: 2.3 mi
  • Old Stone House: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Troy Park: 2.6 mi
  • Fletcher's Cove: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 2.7 mi
  • Area 2: 3.3 mi
  • Area 3: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 42
Beaches: 7
  • Fishing Shore: 2.2 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 18.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 22.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lyon Park Community Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 293°156 m8.2 mi
Hunting HillNNW 338°156 m15.3 mi
Black HillNNW 333°148 m24.0 mi
Mount DanielWNW 285°144 m5.0 mi
Minor's HillWNW 295°140 m3.9 mi
Freedom HillWNW 291°140 m8.7 mi
Prout HillW 272°137 m5.4 mi
Upton HillW 263°125 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/749807096

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