Mountain Road District Park
Mountain Road District Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowabunga Slide, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 14.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 17.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook rock, lower · 15 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 15 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 15 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cowabunga Slide: 0.3 mi
- Tractor Museum: 0.3 mi
- Combine Slide: 0.3 mi
- Volcano Slide: 0.3 mi
- Farm Chores: 0.3 mi
- Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Highland Hills Park: 0.8 mi
- Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Eastgate Park: 1.8 mi
- Town Green: 2.3 mi
- Rock Hill: 0.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 4.8 mi
- Matthews Hill: 4.9 mi
- Henry Hill: 5.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.9 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 3.9 mi
- Shelter #7: 6.0 mi
- Shelter #1: 6.1 mi
- Shelter #2: 6.1 mi
- Designated Wildflower Zone: 2.3 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 3.6 mi
- Pollinator Meadow: 7.5 mi
- The Farm at Halley Rise: 8.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 8.8 mi
- Colonel John Singleton Mosby: 2.9 mi
- Robinson House: 5.0 mi
- BG Francis Bartow Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Colonel Cameron Killed Here - 79th New York: 5.3 mi
- First Manassas Monument: 5.3 mi
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: 2.9 mi
- Herndon Depot Museum: 8.0 mi
- National Firearms Museum: 8.4 mi
- Antique Railroad Cars: 9.5 mi
- Haymarket Museum: 9.5 mi
- Stone Crossing Park: 3.0 mi
- Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest: 7.5 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 7.8 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Vernon J. Walker Nature Center: 8.5 mi
- Maze: 5.2 mi
- Girl with Dog: 5.7 mi
- Wildcat: 6.0 mi
- Wildcat: 6.1 mi
- Horse head: 6.8 mi
- White Rock Spring: 11.4 mi
- Harmony Spring: 13.5 mi
- Peace Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 13.5 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 13.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.5 mi
- West Beach: 20.4 mi
- Beaver Landing: 20.4 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 6.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 12.9 mi
- Great Falls: 14.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.8 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 5.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 5.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 22.1 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Mountain Road District Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Mountain | WSW 251° | 417 m | 20.0 mi |
| Signal Mountain | W 268° | 413 m | 11.5 mi |
| Rappahannock Mountain | WSW 251° | 404 m | 20.4 mi |
| High Point Mountain | W 260° | 397 m | 12.3 mi |
| White Rock | W 269° | 387 m | 11.6 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 269° | 374 m | 10.4 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NNW 348° | 361 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pignut Mountain | WSW 249° | 326 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/144840973
Day trips start here
- Chantilly · 3 mi
- Centreville · 4 mi
- Northern Virginia · 7 mi
- Herndon · 8 mi
- Manassas · 9 mi
- Reston · 9 mi
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