Bears Den Park
Bears Den Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 409 m. High Knob stands 728 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage, a museum 0.9 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 409 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 10.3 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 15.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 14 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 16 mi
- Split Rock · 16 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cider Stage: 1.7 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 1.8 mi
- Cow Train: 1.8 mi
- Pig Pen: 1.8 mi
- Peacocks: 1.8 mi
- Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield: 2.1 mi
- Round Hill Center Park: 4.4 mi
- Round Hill Town Park: 4.7 mi
- Watermelon Park: 5.1 mi
- Woodgrove Park: 5.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 2.2 mi
- Round Top: 3.1 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 3.4 mi
- Taylors Hill: 4.0 mi
- Toy Hill: 4.2 mi
- Shannondale Lodge: 7.2 mi
- 9/11 Steel Beam Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 9.0 mi
- Huntfield Community Obelisk: 10.6 mi
- Snowden Ruins: 10.8 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 0.9 mi
- Josephine School Community Museum: 7.2 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 11.6 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 12.4 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 13.3 mi
- Leesburg Welcome Mural: 15.2 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 15.4 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 15.4 mi
- Sun Flower: 15.4 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 15.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 2.1 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 7.8 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Rust Nature Sanctuary: 14.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 2.8 mi
- Harris Springs: 7.0 mi
- Potts Springs: 7.0 mi
- Cooper Springs: 8.6 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 11.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 1.7 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 7.7 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 9.1 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Dargan Bend: 18.5 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 20.8 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 21.7 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 21.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- River Access: 2.1 mi
- River Access: 2.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 7.1 mi
- Pua Falls: 4.0 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.5 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 24.3 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 16.9 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 24.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Bears Den Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SW 222° | 728 m | 20.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SW 221° | 674 m | 14.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSW 211° | 644 m | 19.9 mi |
| Paris | SW 223° | 590 m | 11.9 mi |
| Paris Mountain | SW 217° | 587 m | 6.8 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | SSW 196° | 476 m | 19.6 mi |
| Neersville | NNE 26° | 467 m | 9.8 mi |
| Naked Mountain | SSW 208° | 448 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX, 4 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly65 obs
- sassafras47 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee34 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail33 obs
- mountain laurel27 obs
- wineberry27 obs
- common pawpaw26 obs
- Huron Skipper25 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/307460444
Day trips start here
- Loudoun County · 11 mi
- Middleburg · 12 mi
- Leesburg · 15 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 16 mi
- Brunswick · 18 mi
- Ashburn · 20 mi
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