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Colvin Run General Store

Colvin Run General Store from directly overhead

Colvin Run General Store is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Blacksmith Shop, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 1.8 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates38.96958, -77.29363

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic area C: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic area B: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic area A: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic area D: 1.2 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 2.7 mi
Gardens
  • Fred Packard Grove: 2.1 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 2.2 mi
  • Terrace Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Spring House Garden and Ruins: 2.3 mi
  • White Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 2.5 mi
  • Pupatella Car: 2.6 mi
  • Lock 15: 3.0 mi
  • Lock 16: 3.1 mi
  • Lock 18: 3.1 mi
Artworks
  • sculpture garden: 2.5 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 2.5 mi
  • Pyramid: 2.6 mi
  • Buoyant Force: 3.7 mi
  • Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 59
Springs: 7
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Sycamore Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 12.6 mi
  • Coe Creek: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWSW 255°413 m22.8 mi
High Point MountainWSW 251°397 m23.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 345°387 m20.9 mi
White RockWSW 255°387 m22.9 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 255°374 m21.7 mi
Waterford PeakNW 315°361 m21.2 mi
Griffin MountainWSW 257°295 m24.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 319°235 m22.7 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/60582613

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