Mount Vernon District Park
Mount Vernon District Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bucknell Manor Park, a park 0.4 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 7.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 11.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 4 mi
- Viewing Area · 8 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 9 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bucknell Manor Park: 0.4 mi
- Little Hunting Park: 0.5 mi
- Hollin Hills: 0.8 mi
- Fort Willard Park: 0.9 mi
- North Hill Park: 1.2 mi
- Belle Haven Park: 1.0 mi
- Vernon Heights Park: 3.1 mi
- Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge: 4.8 mi
- Winkler Botanical Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Turkeycock Run Stream Valley Park: 5.4 mi
- The Path of Thorns and Roses: 1.8 mi
- The Edmonson Sisters: 2.4 mi
- The Ship Builder: 2.6 mi
- compass rose: 2.7 mi
- The Awakening: 2.7 mi
- Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Fort Foote: 1.9 mi
- Dead cyclist Intersection: 1.9 mi
- Alexandria War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- George Washington Masonic National Memorial: 2.6 mi
- South Corner Boundary Stone: 1.9 mi
- World War I-Era Rudder: 1.9 mi
- African American Heritage Park Sculpture: 2.2 mi
- Geodesic Dome: 2.2 mi
- Chessie’s Carousel: 2.6 mi
- National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum: 2.2 mi
- Freedom House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Lyceum Museum: 2.5 mi
- Friendship Fire Station: 2.5 mi
- Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem: 2.6 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Chapel Garden: 3.8 mi
- Upper Garden: 4.4 mi
- Lower Garden: 4.5 mi
- Fruit Garden & Nursery: 4.5 mi
- Shooters Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 4.6 mi
- Munson Hill: 7.6 mi
- Spy Hill: 7.9 mi
- Upton Hill: 8.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 9.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 17.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 17.5 mi
- Beaver Landing: 18.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Indian Head: 12.9 mi
- Possum Nose: 18.3 mi
- Blue Banks: 24.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 14.4 mi
- Silver Spring: 15.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 18.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 15.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 15.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 16.5 mi
- Great Falls: 18.7 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.1 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.4 mi
- Wilson: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Vernon District Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | NW 320° | 156 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 342° | 156 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | NW 324° | 144 m | 10.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NNW 331° | 140 m | 10.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | NW 318° | 140 m | 14.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | NW 318° | 137 m | 10.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | NNW 328° | 125 m | 8.5 mi |
| Point Reno | N 357° | 123 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| 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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 4 mi away.
- Mourning Dove659 obs
- Bald Eagle411 obs
- Northern Cardinal398 obs
- tree-of-heaven261 obs
- Osprey259 obs
- Porcelain Berry241 obs
- Carolina Wren240 obs
- eastern poison ivy200 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/147028509
Day trips start here
- South Alexandria · 2 mi
- Alexandria · 3 mi
- Fort Washington · 3 mi
- Mount Vernon · 3 mi
- National Harbor · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 6 mi
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