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Claude Moore Park

Claude Moore Park from directly overhead

Claude Moore Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Short Hill Mountain stands 441 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 3.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Loudoun County Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.01645, -77.40448

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
  • Nokes Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Stony Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Negro Mountain: 9.8 mi
  • Rock Hill: 10.2 mi
Parks
  • Cabin Branch Park: 0.8 mi
  • Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sterling Community Center Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cascades Marketplace Mini Park: 1.2 mi
  • Vestals Gap Park: 1.3 mi
Gardens
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 1.3 mi
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 5.2 mi
  • butterfly garden: 5.3 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Smiths Switch Station: 3.1 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic area A: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic area B: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic area D: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Springs: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 7.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 18.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short Hill MountainNW 317°441 m23.8 mi
Signal MountainWSW 240°413 m18.6 mi
High Point MountainWSW 236°397 m20.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 2°387 m17.0 mi
White RockWSW 240°387 m18.5 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 239°374 m17.5 mi
Waterford PeakNW 322°361 m14.8 mi
Pine RockNNW 342°346 m21.7 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose224 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail200 obs
  • American Robin126 obs
  • Huron Skipper126 obs
  • Pearl Crescent106 obs
  • Blue Dasher89 obs
  • Common Whitetail87 obs
  • Northern Cardinal86 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/48160950

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