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Bells Bird Sanctuary Park

Bells Bird Sanctuary Park from directly overhead

Bells Bird Sanctuary Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Town Square, a park 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 8.8 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
110 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.85039, -77.30748

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • The George Mason Statue: 1.4 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 1.9 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 3.2 mi
  • Horse head: 3.3 mi
  • Heavy Load: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 1.5 mi
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Kearny and Stevens Monuments: 3.5 mi
  • Pieta: 3.6 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Pony Barn: 6.1 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 6.3 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 57
Springs: 10
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 18.3 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 12.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 9.0 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 10.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 276°413 m21.4 mi
High Point MountainW 271°397 m21.9 mi
White RockW 276°387 m21.5 mi
Chestnut PeakW 277°374 m20.3 mi
Griffin MountainW 277°295 m23.3 mi
Biscuit MountainW 264°268 m22.2 mi
Hogback MountainNW 317°187 m23.4 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 303°176 m23.8 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel486 obs
  • Red Fox310 obs
  • Northern Cardinal288 obs
  • Canada Goose187 obs
  • Common Raccoon187 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly172 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird168 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle168 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356581070

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