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Cunningham Park

Cunningham Park from directly overhead

Cunningham Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Southside Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 5.1 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.89158, -77.25221

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • The Pines: 2.9 mi
  • Pieta: 3.5 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Hope: 3.8 mi
  • Tinner Hill Monument: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 3.2 mi
  • Olney Park: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic area D: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic area C: 6.1 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 49
Beaches: 7
  • Purplehorse Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 8.5 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 19.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 20.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 12.8 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 14.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 14.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 20.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 268°413 m24.3 mi
White RockW 269°387 m24.3 mi
Chestnut PeakW 269°374 m23.1 mi
Hogback MountainNW 307°187 m23.7 mi
Gantt HillNNE 24°156 m2.6 mi
Hunting HillNNE 12°156 m13.7 mi
Black HillN 353°148 m20.6 mi
Mount DanielE 84°144 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
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, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer197 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly145 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee132 obs
  • Western Honey Bee124 obs
  • House Sparrow118 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle117 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee110 obs
  • American pokeweed97 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/68268054

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