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Algonkian Regional Park

Algonkian Regional Park from directly overhead

Algonkian Regional Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Short Hill Mountain stands 441 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Potomack Lakes Sportsplex, a park 0.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.05902, -77.37539

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Potomack Lakes Sportsplex: 0.4 mi
  • Sugarland Run Trail Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sugarland Run Trail Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sugarland Run Trail Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sugarland Run Trail Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • butterfly garden: 6.7 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 6.7 mi
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Smiths Switch Station: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic area A: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic area B: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic area C: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic area D: 7.3 mi
Springs: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 18.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.5 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Algonkian Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short Hill MountainNW 309°441 m22.9 mi
Signal MountainSW 235°413 m21.5 mi
High Point MountainSW 233°397 m22.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 356°387 m14.1 mi
White RockSW 236°387 m21.4 mi
Chestnut PeakSW 234°374 m20.4 mi
Waterford PeakNW 310°361 m13.7 mi
Buzzard RockNW 316°349 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron166 obs
  • Zebra Swallowtail165 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk160 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail145 obs
  • common pawpaw142 obs
  • Monarch135 obs
  • White-tailed Deer120 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird104 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/65489892

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