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Dale Lestina Park

Dale Lestina Park from directly overhead

Dale Lestina Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Villa D'Este Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 7.4 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Fairfax, Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.86819, -77.29419

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 2.8 mi
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Pieta: 3.4 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.4 mi
  • The Pines: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 5.0 mi
  • Pony Barn: 5.5 mi
  • Olney Park: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic area D: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 55
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.2 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.0 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 10.4 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 273°413 m22.0 mi
High Point MountainW 268°397 m22.6 mi
White RockW 273°387 m22.1 mi
Chestnut PeakW 273°374 m20.9 mi
Griffin MountainW 274°295 m23.9 mi
Biscuit MountainW 261°268 m23.1 mi
Hogback MountainNW 313°187 m23.0 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 300°176 m23.7 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel350 obs
  • Northern Cardinal294 obs
  • Red Fox281 obs
  • Common Raccoon178 obs
  • House Finch167 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird159 obs
  • Mourning Dove158 obs
  • White-tailed Deer155 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/147427373

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