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Braddock Park

Braddock Park from directly overhead

Braddock Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 12 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.82758, -77.40961

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Wildcat: 0.2 mi
  • Wildcat: 0.3 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 2.5 mi
  • Maze: 3.0 mi
  • Horse head: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Old Centreville Road Park: 1.2 mi
  • Centreville Farms Community Association: 1.3 mi
  • Stringfellow Park: 1.4 mi
  • First Battle of Manassas: 1.8 mi
  • Lincoln Lewis-Vannoy Park: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 2.1 mi
  • Shelter #7: 4.3 mi
  • Shelter #9: 4.3 mi
  • Shelter #6: 4.4 mi
  • Shelter #5: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Choo Choo Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Rock Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Henry Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Bald Hill: 6.4 mi
Museums
Springs: 9
  • White Rock Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Peace Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.2 mi
  • West Beach: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 7.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 12.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 4.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 4.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 16.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 4

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Braddock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildcat MountainW 264°417 m23.2 mi
Signal MountainWNW 283°413 m16.2 mi
Rappahannock MountainW 264°404 m23.6 mi
High Point MountainW 277°397 m16.5 mi
White RockWNW 284°387 m16.3 mi
Chestnut PeakWNW 285°374 m15.2 mi
Pignut MountainW 264°326 m21.3 mi
Halls PointW 268°306 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574638
Precip in2.92.63.53.54.74.34.13.53.93.63.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 8 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly101 obs
  • House Sparrow72 obs
  • Common Box Turtle61 obs
  • Northern Cardinal54 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • Mourning Dove47 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle39 obs
  • American Robin38 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/552877060

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