Colvin Run Mill
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Colvin Run Mill is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Colvin Run Mill House, 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.
The story
Colvin Run Mill is in Great Falls, Virginia. Built c. 1811, Colvin Run Mill is the sole surviving operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and its restored mechanism is a nationally significant example of automated technologies pioneered in milling and later adopted across American industry.
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Dates from 1810.
Wikidata Q5150311, matched on coordinates and name (84 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 61 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 3.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 3 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 3 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 3 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Colvin Run Mill House: 0.0 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 0.1 mi
- Colvin Run General Store: 0.1 mi
- Reston Museum: 2.5 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 4.7 mi
- Wolftrap Stream Valley Park: 1.0 mi
- Sun Valley Park: 1.9 mi
- Great Falls Grange Park: 2.1 mi
- Observatory Park: 2.2 mi
- The Turner Farm Park: 2.2 mi
- Picnic area C: 1.2 mi
- Picnic area B: 1.2 mi
- Picnic area D: 1.2 mi
- Picnic area A: 1.2 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 2.7 mi
- Fred Packard Grove: 2.0 mi
- Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 2.1 mi
- Terrace Garden: 2.2 mi
- Spring House Garden and Ruins: 2.2 mi
- White Garden: 2.2 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 2.2 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 2.2 mi
- Robert E Simon: 2.6 mi
- Mather Gorge marker: 2.9 mi
- Mather Gorge: 2.9 mi
- Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 2.4 mi
- Pupatella Car: 2.6 mi
- Lock 15: 3.0 mi
- Lock 16: 3.1 mi
- Lock 18: 3.1 mi
- sculpture garden: 2.6 mi
- ART studio/gallery: 2.6 mi
- Pyramid: 2.6 mi
- Buoyant Force: 3.7 mi
- Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 5.2 mi
- Old Dominion School Site: 3.4 mi
- Ashgrove Historic Site Park: 3.4 mi
- Vernon J. Walker Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Fraser Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.0 mi
- Freedom Hill: 4.1 mi
- Gantt Hill: 4.4 mi
- Nokes Hill: 7.0 mi
- Mount Daniel: 7.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 2.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 3.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 11.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.4 mi
- Beaver Landing: 24.7 mi
- 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
- Great Falls: 3.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 4.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 5.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 12.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 17.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Colvin Run Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | WSW 255° | 413 m | 22.8 mi |
| High Point Mountain | WSW 251° | 397 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 345° | 387 m | 21.0 mi |
| White Rock | WSW 255° | 387 m | 22.9 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | WSW 255° | 374 m | 21.7 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NW 315° | 361 m | 21.2 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | WSW 258° | 295 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 319° | 235 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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