Park · Virginia
Bles Park
Bles Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Neersville stands 467 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly, a artwork 0.9 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates39.07008, -77.44686
- 1.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 7.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 6 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 6 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Butterfly: 0.9 mi
- Comet Gazebo: 0.9 mi
- Water Wall: 0.9 mi
- The Space Between Us: 0.9 mi
- Momentum: 1.0 mi
Parks
- One Loudoun Central Park: 1.3 mi
- Heron Overlook Park: 1.6 mi
- Potomac Green Neighborhood Park: 2.1 mi
- Vestals Gap Overlook Park: 2.3 mi
- Bazil Newman Riverfront Park: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park: 1.5 mi
- Algonkian Regional Park: 3.9 mi
- Sugarland Special Park: 3.9 mi
- Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run: 4.4 mi
- Broadlands Wetlands Preservation Area: 5.1 mi
Attractions
- Lock 25: 2.7 mi
- Edwards Landing Lights: 5.3 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 5.7 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 6.3 mi
- George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor: 6.8 mi
Historic sites
- Fitz A. Campbell Grave: 2.9 mi
- Cooke's Mill: 3.5 mi
- Icehouse: 4.4 mi
- Carriage House: 4.5 mi
- Well House: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites
- Smiths Switch Station: 3.0 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 6.8 mi
- Picnic area A: 10.1 mi
- Picnic area B: 10.2 mi
- Picnic area C: 10.2 mi
Gardens
- butterfly garden: 3.3 mi
- butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 4.8 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- The Farm at Halley Rise: 9.6 mi
Peaks
- Nokes Hill: 4.0 mi
- Stony Hill: 6.5 mi
- Negro Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Waterford Peak: 10.5 mi
Museums
- Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum: 4.3 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 7.1 mi
- Herndon Depot Museum: 7.6 mi
- Winmill Carriage Museum: 8.3 mi
- Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 8.4 mi
Springs: 15
- Kanawha Spring: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Spring: 18.5 mi
- Potts Springs: 20.1 mi
- Harris Springs: 20.1 mi
- Cooper Springs: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 7
- Sycamore Beach: 12.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 21.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 21.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 7.6 mi
- Great Falls: 11.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 15.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Bles Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neersville | NW 304° | 467 m | 20.9 mi |
| Maryland Heights | NW 322° | 444 m | 23.6 mi |
| Raven Rocks | WNW 283° | 443 m | 21.4 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | NW 315° | 441 m | 19.6 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SW 227° | 413 m | 19.0 mi |
| High Point Mountain | SW 224° | 397 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 12° | 387 m | 13.6 mi |
| White Rock | SW 227° | 387 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 7 mi away.
- American Toad102 obs
- Great Blue Heron94 obs
- Central Ratsnake75 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
- Northern Mockingbird73 obs
- common pawpaw73 obs
- White-tailed Deer70 obs
- Broad-headed Skink69 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/280923136
Day trips start here
- Ashburn · 3 mi
- Sterling · 5 mi
- Leesburg · 7 mi
- Herndon · 8 mi
- Great Falls · 10 mi
- Loudoun County · 10 mi
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