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Ben Lomond Park

Ben Lomond Park from directly overhead

Ben Lomond Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Shelter #9, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.6 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.79677, -77.47813

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Bull Run Special Events Center: 1.5 mi
  • K1 Speed: 2.3 mi
  • Fluffy Rides: 2.3 mi
  • Griffin's Battery: 2.5 mi
  • Confederate Batteries: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • BG Bernard Bee Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Stonewall Jackson: 2.6 mi
  • BG Francis Bartow Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Robinson House: 2.7 mi
  • First Manassas Monument: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
  • Wildcat: 4.0 mi
  • Wildcat: 4.1 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 6.5 mi
  • Maze: 6.7 mi
  • Horse head: 7.5 mi
Gardens
Peaks: 58
Picnic sites: 39
  • Shelter #9: 0.2 mi
  • Shelter #6: 0.3 mi
  • Shelter #7: 0.3 mi
  • Shelter #5: 0.4 mi
  • Shelter #3: 0.6 mi
Beaches: 7
  • West Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 14.6 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Peace Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 13.0 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 7.7 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 1.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 1.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 16.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildcat MountainW 269°417 m19.4 mi
Signal MountainWNW 296°413 m13.4 mi
Rappahannock MountainW 269°404 m19.8 mi
High Point MountainWNW 288°397 m13.3 mi
White RockWNW 296°387 m13.6 mi
Chestnut PeakWNW 299°374 m12.6 mi
Pignut MountainW 269°326 m17.4 mi
Prickly Pear MountainW 264°319 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4619:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2516:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787668564638

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells218 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty146 obs
  • common pawpaw87 obs
  • yellow trout lily79 obs
  • mayapple64 obs
  • Marbled Salamander63 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly57 obs
  • ground-ivy51 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/307027205

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