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Dranesville Tavern Park

Dranesville Tavern Park from directly overhead

Dranesville Tavern Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 91 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Hamptons Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 1.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
91 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.00774, -77.36102

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 1.5 mi
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 4.0 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 6.3 mi
  • Conifer Collection: 6.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
  • Pyramid: 2.9 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 3.0 mi
  • sculpture garden: 3.0 mi
  • Buoyant Force: 3.4 mi
  • Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Picnic area A: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic area B: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic area C: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic area D: 3.9 mi
  • Pony Barn: 5.4 mi
Attractions
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.2 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 15.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.5 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Dranesville Tavern Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWSW 245°413 m20.3 mi
High Point MountainWSW 241°397 m21.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 354°387 m17.7 mi
White RockWSW 245°387 m20.3 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 244°374 m19.2 mi
Waterford PeakNW 317°361 m16.7 mi
Pine RockNNW 337°346 m23.1 mi
Griffin MountainWSW 249°295 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
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 °F343644556473777669574638
Precip in2.92.63.53.54.74.34.13.53.93.63.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch70 obs
  • American Toad55 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail54 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle44 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk43 obs
  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • Common Box Turtle42 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/121176212

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