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Daniels Run Park

Daniels Run Park from directly overhead

Daniels Run Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashby Pond Conservatory, a park 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 8.3 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax City Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates38.85188, -77.28507

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 2.1 mi
  • Pieta: 2.4 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.4 mi
  • The Pines: 3.0 mi
  • St. Michael: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.6 mi
  • Olney Park: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 55
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.2 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 10.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 9.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 275°413 m22.6 mi
High Point MountainW 271°397 m23.1 mi
White RockW 276°387 m22.7 mi
Chestnut PeakW 276°374 m21.5 mi
Griffin MountainW 277°295 m24.5 mi
Biscuit MountainW 264°268 m23.4 mi
Hogback MountainNW 314°187 m24.2 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 302°176 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:38
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel169 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly136 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle129 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail120 obs
  • mayapple115 obs
  • lesser celandine104 obs
  • American tuliptree90 obs
  • eastern poison ivy89 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/49705279

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