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Rock Run Stream Valley Park

Rock Run Stream Valley Park from directly overhead

Rock Run Stream Valley Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

This narrow, winding park is undeveloped for active recreation but offers areas for quiet enjoyment of the natural environment.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates38.98339, -77.19338

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Parks
  • Rapley Preserve Park: 0.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Woodrock Terrace Park: 1.6 mi
  • Aire picnic: 1.6 mi
  • Woodrock Playground Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Lock 14: 1.0 mi
  • Lock 13: 1.1 mi
  • Lock 12: 1.1 mi
  • Lock 11: 1.4 mi
  • Lock 10: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Burling Defenders: 1.3 mi
  • Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 1.6 mi
  • Mather Gorge: 3.0 mi
  • Mather Gorge marker: 3.0 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Capital One Sculpture Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Topaz House West Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Topaz House East Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 5.7 mi
  • White Garden: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 48
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.0 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Purplehorse Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 7.2 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 331°387 m22.1 mi
Waterford PeakNW 305°361 m24.7 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 289°187 m23.5 mi
Gantt HillSSW 208°156 m4.5 mi
Hunting HillN 358°156 m7.0 mi
Black HillNNW 338°148 m15.2 mi
Mount DanielS 174°144 m6.0 mi
Freedom HillSSW 213°140 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/374791590

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