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Ashgrove Historic Site Park

Ashgrove Historic Site Park from directly overhead

Ashgrove Historic Site Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 2.5 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.93115, -77.25085

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Parks
  • Tiny Tykes Park: 0.8 mi
  • The Barns of Wolf Trap: 0.8 mi
  • Alfred Odrick Homesite Park: 0.9 mi
  • The Rotonda (Private): 0.9 mi
  • Boro Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Potomac Valley Collection: 1.6 mi
  • Spiral Mound: 1.7 mi
  • Tea Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Entry Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Stout Medal Daylily Collection: 1.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Burling Defenders: 3.6 mi
  • Mather Gorge marker: 4.2 mi
  • Mather Gorge: 4.2 mi
  • Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Mount Hope: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Mustang Statue: 3.9 mi
  • sculpture garden: 5.5 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 5.5 mi
  • Pyramid: 5.5 mi
  • Up snd Down: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 53
Beaches: 7
  • Purplehorse Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 8.4 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 22.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 262°413 m24.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 342°387 m24.1 mi
White RockW 262°387 m24.6 mi
Chestnut PeakW 262°374 m23.4 mi
Waterford PeakNW 316°361 m24.7 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 301°187 m22.3 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 288°176 m24.1 mi
Gantt HillESE 112°156 m1.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/147501379

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