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Aquia Landing Beach Park

Aquia Landing Beach Park from directly overhead

Aquia Landing Beach Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Hamiltons Thicket stands 124 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Patawomack Band Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.38744, -77.31757

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Daniel Bridge: 4.7 mi
  • Stafford County Armed Services Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Crusading for Right: 9.3 mi
  • Moncure Daniel Conway: 9.3 mi
  • Anthony Burns: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Museums: 23
Peaks: 13
  • Stretchmark Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Fall Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Howison Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Embrey Hill: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 11
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 5
  • Aquia Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Embrey Mill Dogwood Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Potomac Shores Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 24.7 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Cross Country State Championship Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Wine & Design: 9.4 mi
  • Iconic Art: 12.5 mi
  • L O V E: 14.6 mi
  • Welcome to Occoquan: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 18.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 18.8 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 20.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 14.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 14.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • McCoull Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Coe Creek: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hamiltons ThicketWSW 253°124 m22.3 mi
Shotgun HillW 263°104 m22.9 mi
Embrey HillWSW 244°74 m12.5 mi
Fall HillWSW 244°67 m10.7 mi
Motts Run HillWSW 248°65 m13.4 mi
Talliaferro MountSSE 164°49 m13.2 mi
Rose HillENE 59°48 m18.1 mi
Stretchmark HillNE 37°44 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5820:37
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586675797871594940
Precip in2.72.43.63.23.63.54.64.23.43.33.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quantico Mcas, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bald Eagle50 obs
  • mayapple46 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage43 obs
  • common pawpaw39 obs
  • American beech37 obs
  • American holly34 obs
  • Great Blue Heron32 obs
  • Christmas fern32 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1076607416

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