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Fairfax Villa Park

Fairfax Villa Park from directly overhead

Fairfax Villa Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Westmore Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 9.9 miles off. 58 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
Coordinates38.84355, -77.33322

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westmore Park: 0.6 mi
  • Providence Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pat Rodio Park: 1.2 mi
  • Fairchester Woods Park: 1.2 mi
  • Oak Tree: 1.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • The George Mason Statue: 1.6 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 1.6 mi
  • Horse head: 2.2 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 2.3 mi
  • Heavy Load: 2.3 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 5.3 mi
  • Pony Barn: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.2 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Choo Choo Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Freedom Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Gantt Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Prout Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Rock Hill: 8.1 mi
Springs: 9
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 19.8 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 13.5 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 8.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 9.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 9.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 278°413 m20.1 mi
High Point MountainW 273°397 m20.5 mi
White RockW 278°387 m20.2 mi
Chestnut PeakW 279°374 m19.0 mi
Griffin MountainW 279°295 m22.0 mi
Biscuit MountainW 265°268 m20.8 mi
Hogback MountainNW 320°187 m22.8 mi
Steptoe HillNW 306°176 m22.9 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel471 obs
  • Northern Cardinal290 obs
  • Red Fox282 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly205 obs
  • Canada Goose182 obs
  • Common Raccoon176 obs
  • House Finch161 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird157 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/140860009

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