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Bon Air Park

Bon Air Park from directly overhead

Bon Air Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dominion Hills Park, a park 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.9 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Arlington Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.87770, -77.13641

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 0.4 mi
  • Constitution Park Bell: 0.8 mi
  • Eden Center: 1.0 mi
  • Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 1.9 mi
  • Memorial Gate Fountain: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Picnic sites
Peaks: 44
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 3.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 16.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 302°156 m6.1 mi
Hunting HillNNW 347°156 m14.7 mi
Black HillNNW 338°148 m23.1 mi
Mount DanielWNW 299°144 m2.8 mi
Minor's HillNNW 326°140 m2.1 mi
Freedom HillWNW 299°140 m6.5 mi
Prout HillW 275°137 m3.0 mi
Upton HillWSW 246°125 m0.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:51

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, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel660 obs
  • American Bullfrog562 obs
  • American Robin541 obs
  • Red Fox523 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander490 obs
  • Northern Cardinal460 obs
  • American tuliptree430 obs
  • Rock Pigeon405 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/146253662

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