Mason District Park
Mason District Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Belvedere Park, a park 0.4 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.6 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 11.7 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Belvedere Park: 0.4 mi
- Indian Run Stream Valley Park: 0.7 mi
- Larchmont Park: 1.0 mi
- Parklawn Park: 1.0 mi
- Green Spring Gardens Park: 1.1 mi
- Today is Tomorrow: 1.1 mi
- The Pike: 3.2 mi
- Dome Homes: 3.4 mi
- Up snd Down: 3.8 mi
- Lego Giraffe: 3.9 mi
- The Cannon: 1.1 mi
- St. Francis of Assisi: 1.2 mi
- Statue of Mary: 1.5 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 1.5 mi
- Statue of St. Michael: 1.5 mi
- Round Tree Park: 1.6 mi
- Turkeycock Run Stream Valley Park: 2.1 mi
- Winkler Botanical Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Wakefield Park: 3.0 mi
- Wakefield Park: 3.0 mi
- Food/Flower Garden: 2.9 mi
- Trinidad B. Litman, Ed.D. Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
- Zing T. Jung Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Barbara Ann Showers Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Reevesland Learning Garden: 3.4 mi
- Eden Center: 3.1 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 3.2 mi
- Lake Accotink Carousel: 3.5 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 3.6 mi
- Constitution Park Bell: 4.3 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington: 5.1 mi
- National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 6.4 mi
- Drug Enforcement Agency Museum and Visitors Center: 6.6 mi
- Hunter House at Nottoway Park: 6.6 mi
- Munson Hill: 2.4 mi
- Spy Hill: 3.2 mi
- Upton Hill: 3.3 mi
- Prout Hill: 3.6 mi
- Mount Daniel: 4.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 1.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.0 mi
- Beaver Landing: 17.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.5 mi
- Great Falls: 12.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 12.6 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 13.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 13.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 19.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 22.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Indian Head: 15.7 mi
- Possum Nose: 19.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.0 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mason District Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | NNW 334° | 156 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 356° | 156 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | N 354° | 144 m | 4.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | N 9° | 140 m | 5.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | NNW 329° | 140 m | 7.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | NNW 343° | 137 m | 3.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | NNE 26° | 125 m | 3.3 mi |
| Point Reno | NNE 32° | 123 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail102 obs
- Western Honey Bee86 obs
- Monarch85 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee81 obs
- mayapple78 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee74 obs
- Huron Skipper66 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly64 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/237320083
Day trips start here
- Annandale · 2 mi
- Falls Church · 3 mi
- Springfield · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Southwest · 4 mi
- Arlington · 5 mi
- Arlington National Cemetery · 6 mi
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