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Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center

Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center from directly overhead

Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 128 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Town Square, a park 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 9.0 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

independent city in Virginia, United States

Dates from 1805.

Wikidata Q501785, matched on coordinates and name (958 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
128 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.84455, -77.30050

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Town Square: 0.3 mi
  • School Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Van Dyck Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Tree: 0.7 mi
  • Ted Grefe Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
  • The George Mason Statue: 1.1 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 1.6 mi
  • Horse head: 3.7 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 3.7 mi
  • Heavy Load: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 1.2 mi
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Pieta: 3.1 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.2 mi
  • St. Michael: 3.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area 3: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.0 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Pony Barn: 6.6 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 56
Springs: 10
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 18.2 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 8.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 10.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 277°413 m21.8 mi
High Point MountainW 272°397 m22.3 mi
White RockW 277°387 m21.9 mi
Chestnut PeakW 278°374 m20.8 mi
Griffin MountainW 278°295 m23.8 mi
Biscuit MountainW 265°268 m22.6 mi
Hogback MountainNW 317°187 m23.9 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 304°176 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:38
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367996983

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