Big Chimneys Park
Big Chimneys Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Carol DeLong, a historic site 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 4.2 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Falls Church
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 4.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 11.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Carol DeLong: 0.1 mi
- Tinner Hill Monument: 0.2 mi
- Zig Zag Monument: 0.2 mi
- Mount Hope: 0.5 mi
- Charles Stewart School (historic): 0.9 mi
- Triangle Parklet: 0.2 mi
- Mr. Brown's Park: 0.2 mi
- Tinner Hill Historic Park: 0.2 mi
- Cavalier Trail Park: 0.3 mi
- Cherry Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 0.3 mi
- Eden Center: 1.3 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 2.4 mi
- Constitution Park Bell: 2.9 mi
- Lock 5: 4.9 mi
- Up snd Down: 0.7 mi
- Mustang Statue: 1.4 mi
- HHHVP: 2.7 mi
- Memory Bricks: 2.7 mi
- The Family: 2.7 mi
- Powhatan Hills Park: 1.9 mi
- Franklin Woods Park: 2.1 mi
- Round Tree Park: 2.4 mi
- Ballston Wetland Park: 3.0 mi
- Lubber Run Park: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Ornamental Tree Garden: 2.2 mi
- BonAir Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Reevesland Learning Garden: 2.4 mi
- Food/Flower Garden: 2.8 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 3.4 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington: 3.9 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 4.2 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hunter House at Nottoway Park: 5.3 mi
- Prout Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Daniel: 1.1 mi
- Upton Hill: 1.6 mi
- Minor's Hill: 1.7 mi
- Spy Hill: 2.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 2.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Landing: 20.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Indian Head: 19.2 mi
- Possum Nose: 23.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 6.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 6.1 mi
- Great Falls: 9.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 14.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 10.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 11.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 19.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.9 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.2 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Chimneys Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | NW 314° | 156 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 355° | 156 m | 14.0 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 343° | 148 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | NNW 339° | 144 m | 1.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NNE 32° | 140 m | 1.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | NW 308° | 140 m | 4.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 265° | 137 m | 0.9 mi |
| Upton Hill | ESE 111° | 125 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 5 mi away.
- Red Fox396 obs
- Rock Pigeon384 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel241 obs
- American Robin211 obs
- Northern Cardinal189 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee180 obs
- Monarch163 obs
- American pokeweed150 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/310698218
Day trips start here
- Falls Church · 0 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 3 mi
- Annandale · 4 mi
- Arlington · 4 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Southwest · 4 mi
- McLean · 4 mi
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