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Brentsville Park

Brentsville Park from directly overhead

Brentsville Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Brentsville Historic District, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.69055, -77.49731

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Windy Hill Park: 1.4 mi
  • Valley View Park: 2.4 mi
  • Lee Manor Park: 3.1 mi
  • Shenandoah Park: 3.2 mi
  • Winterset Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • K1 Speed: 5.6 mi
  • Fluffy Rides: 5.7 mi
  • Griffin's Battery: 8.5 mi
  • Rickett's Battery: 8.6 mi
  • Confederate Batteries: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 60
Nature reserves: 57
Peaks: 50
  • Signal Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Mount Pone: 7.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Chinn Ridge: 8.4 mi
  • Choo Choo Hill: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Shelter #11: 7.5 mi
  • Shelter #9: 7.5 mi
  • Shelter #3: 7.5 mi
  • Shelter #5: 7.5 mi
  • Shelter #2: 7.5 mi
Museums: 34
Artworks: 30
  • Wildcat: 10.3 mi
  • Wildcat: 10.4 mi
  • Welcome to Occoquan: 12.9 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 13.1 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • West Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 9.8 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Clifton Beach: 22.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Peace Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 14.4 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 7.6 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 24.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 8.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 8.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 11.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
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Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildcat MountainWNW 291°417 m19.7 mi
Signal MountainNW 320°413 m17.2 mi
Rappahannock MountainWNW 290°404 m20.0 mi
High Point MountainNW 315°397 m16.4 mi
White RockNW 320°387 m17.4 mi
Chestnut PeakNW 324°374 m16.8 mi
Pignut MountainWNW 294°326 m17.9 mi
Prickly Pear MountainWNW 285°319 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4619:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2516:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787668564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manassas, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal47 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker45 obs
  • Carolina Wren38 obs
  • Virginia bluebells38 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow35 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird31 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker31 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail30 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 way/373777697

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