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Bel Air Park

Bel Air Park from directly overhead

Bel Air Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sleepy Hollow Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.1 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.86198, -77.17220

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sleepy Hollow Park: 0.3 mi
  • John C & Margaret K White Garden Park: 0.3 mi
  • Westlawn School Site Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jefferson Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • James Lee School Site Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Fort Buffalo: 1.0 mi
  • Zig Zag Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Tinner Hill Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Carol DeLong: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Hope: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 1.2 mi
  • Eden Center: 1.3 mi
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 2.3 mi
  • Constitution Park Bell: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Accotink Carousel: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites
Museums
Peaks: 46
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 5.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 13.9 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 17.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNW 323°156 m5.5 mi
Hunting HillN 355°156 m15.5 mi
Black HillNNW 343°148 m23.5 mi
Mount DanielNNW 347°144 m2.5 mi
Minor's HillNNE 15°140 m3.0 mi
Freedom HillNW 318°140 m5.7 mi
Prout HillNW 321°137 m1.7 mi
Upton HillENE 59°125 m1.6 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 solstice07:2416:0916:51

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed141 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle137 obs
  • mayapple127 obs
  • American holly116 obs
  • American Robin113 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander113 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage110 obs
  • lesser celandine107 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1105177924

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