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Reston Museum

Reston Museum from directly overhead

Reston Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert E Simon, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 2.2 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Reston Historic Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.96854, -77.34025

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Pyramid: 0.1 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 0.1 mi
  • sculpture garden: 0.1 mi
  • Buoyant Force: 1.3 mi
  • Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 6.6 mi
Parks
  • Lake Anne Park: 0.1 mi
  • Brown's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hook Road Rec Area: 0.4 mi
  • Golf Course Island Rec Area: 0.7 mi
  • Reston North Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Pupatella Car: 1.3 mi
  • Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 4.4 mi
  • Lock 18: 5.3 mi
  • Lock 19: 5.3 mi
  • Lock 15: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic area A: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic area B: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic area D: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic area C: 1.4 mi
  • Pony Barn: 2.9 mi
Gardens
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 1.7 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 3.7 mi
  • Conifer Collection: 3.7 mi
  • Korean Bell Garden: 3.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks: 60
Springs: 12
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 18.0 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 13.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 10.1 mi
  • Coe Creek: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 13.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWSW 253°413 m20.4 mi
High Point MountainWSW 249°397 m21.5 mi
White RockWSW 253°387 m20.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 352°387 m20.5 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 253°374 m19.3 mi
Waterford PeakNW 320°361 m19.5 mi
Griffin MountainWSW 256°295 m22.0 mi
Biscuit MountainWSW 243°268 m22.9 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/624099543

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