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Bazil Newman Riverfront Park

Bazil Newman Riverfront Park from directly overhead

Bazil Newman Riverfront Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 59 m. Neersville stands 467 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Confluence Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
59 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.09517, -77.47701

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Fitz A. Campbell Grave: 1.7 mi
  • Icehouse: 2.1 mi
  • Carriage House: 2.2 mi
  • Well House: 2.2 mi
  • 2-chambered Granary: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
  • butterfly garden: 3.8 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 7.2 mi
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 11.9 mi
Museums
  • Loudoun Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Winmill Carriage Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 6.0 mi
  • Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Oatlands Mansion: 8.4 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 46
  • Smiths Switch Station: 4.7 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 8.0 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 10.6 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 12.3 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Springs: 13
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
  • River Access: 21.3 mi
  • River Access: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 8.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Pua Falls: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.9 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Bazil Newman Riverfront Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NeersvilleWNW 302°467 m18.6 mi
Maryland HeightsNW 323°444 m21.3 mi
Raven RocksW 279°443 m19.4 mi
Short Hill MountainNW 314°441 m17.2 mi
Signal MountainSW 220°413 m19.1 mi
High Point MountainSW 218°397 m20.8 mi
Buzzard HillW 268°397 m22.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE 21°387 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4520:0020:40
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 8 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron103 obs
  • common pawpaw91 obs
  • Virginia bluebells90 obs
  • White-tailed Deer70 obs
  • Northern Cardinal61 obs
  • American Robin57 obs
  • Central Ratsnake57 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird52 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/279281900

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