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Queen City

Queen City is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Shhh, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
brick

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86121, -77.05549

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Shhh: 0.0 mi
  • Peace Through Strength: 0.3 mi
  • Fire: 0.3 mi
  • Radiance: 0.3 mi
  • Passion: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Grant Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Virginia Highlands Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crystal City Water Park: 0.4 mi
  • Grace Murray Hopper Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ives Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Troy Park: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 3.2 mi
  • Area 2: 3.2 mi
  • Area 1: 3.2 mi
  • Area 3: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 7
  • Fishing Shore: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 295°156 m10.5 mi
Hunting HillNNW 334°156 m17.2 mi
Mount DanielWNW 290°144 m7.3 mi
Minor's HillWNW 298°140 m6.3 mi
Freedom HillWNW 293°140 m11.0 mi
Prout HillW 281°137 m7.5 mi
Upton HillW 280°125 m5.0 mi
Point RenoN 350°123 m6.4 mi

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 5080 °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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11048685254

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