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C. Lacey Compton Neighborhood Park

C. Lacey Compton Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

C. Lacey Compton Neighborhood Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Unborn Children Memorial, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.57684, -77.29823

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Spy Glass Hill Recreational Area: 1.3 mi
  • Shores Club: 1.4 mi
  • Eagles Pointe Recreation Center: 1.5 mi
  • Port Potomac Park: 1.6 mi
  • Cecil W Garrison Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions: 56
Gardens: 50
  • Potomac Shores Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Aquia Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Embrey Mill Dogwood Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 13.4 mi
Museums: 42
Peaks: 31
  • Stretchmark Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Choo Choo Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Rose Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Mount Pone: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Veterans Park: 5.3 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 12.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 1.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 1.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.2 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Dolphin Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 3.6 mi
  • West Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Clifton Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Coe Creek: 11.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillN 8°156 m24.3 mi
Mount DanielNNE 16°144 m23.0 mi
Minor's HillNNE 18°140 m23.8 mi
Freedom HillN 7°140 m24.1 mi
Prout HillNNE 15°137 m21.8 mi
Upton HillNNE 22°125 m22.1 mi
Spy HillNNE 23°114 m22.0 mi
Munson HillNNE 23°112 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5820:38
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586675797871594940
Precip in2.72.43.63.23.63.54.64.23.43.33.13.3

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle27 obs
  • American sweetgum19 obs
  • American Toad14 obs
  • Fowler's Toad14 obs
  • shining sumac14 obs
  • American tuliptree12 obs
  • Christmas fern12 obs
  • Pickerel Frog12 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/1044066366

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