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Cobbdale Park

Cobbdale Park from directly overhead

Cobbdale Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairchester Woods Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 8.4 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.86058, -77.31394

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairchester Woods Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pat Rodio Park: 0.5 mi
  • Shiloh Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Van Dyck Park: 0.9 mi
  • Westmore Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 2.2 mi
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Kearny and Stevens Monuments: 3.0 mi
  • Pieta: 4.1 mi
  • St. Francis: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Pony Barn: 5.3 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 57
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 18.3 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 12.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 9.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 10.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 274°413 m21.0 mi
High Point MountainW 269°397 m21.5 mi
White RockW 274°387 m21.1 mi
Chestnut PeakW 275°374 m19.9 mi
Griffin MountainW 276°295 m22.9 mi
Biscuit MountainW 262°268 m22.0 mi
Hogback MountainNW 316°187 m22.6 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 302°176 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536270757467554537
Precip in3.32.63.83.44.34.14.33.54.23.53.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel341 obs
  • Red Fox287 obs
  • Northern Cardinal277 obs
  • Common Raccoon180 obs
  • House Finch168 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird167 obs
  • Mourning Dove156 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco155 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/892836162

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