Draper Drive Park
Draper Drive Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ranger Road Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 7.4 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Fairfax, Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook 2 · 8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls · 8 mi
- Overlook 1 · 8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ranger Road Park: 0.1 mi
- Stafford East Park: 0.2 mi
- Villa D'Este Park: 0.3 mi
- Stafford Drive Park: 0.4 mi
- Mosby Woods Park: 0.4 mi
- Daniels Run Park: 0.9 mi
- Bells Bird Sanctuary Park: 1.6 mi
- Fairfax Villa Park: 3.0 mi
- Wakefield Park: 4.3 mi
- Oak Hill Park: 4.4 mi
- Hunter House at Nottoway Park: 1.6 mi
- Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center: 1.6 mi
- National Firearms Museum: 2.7 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 2.9 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 5.1 mi
- Heart Haven Meditation Garden: 1.7 mi
- Green Acres Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.8 mi
- Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.8 mi
- Food/Flower Garden: 3.8 mi
- The George Mason Statue: 2.7 mi
- UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 3.3 mi
- Unnamed Puppy Dog: 4.3 mi
- Heavy Load: 4.3 mi
- Filly: 4.3 mi
- Confucius: 2.8 mi
- Pieta: 2.8 mi
- St. Francis: 2.8 mi
- The Pines: 3.1 mi
- Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.8 mi
- Freeman House Historic Site: 2.9 mi
- The Caboose: 2.9 mi
- Fluffy Rides: 4.0 mi
- Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 5.2 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 6.1 mi
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 5.1 mi
- Pony Barn: 6.0 mi
- Olney Park: 6.0 mi
- Picnic area D: 7.1 mi
- Freedom Hill: 4.6 mi
- Gantt Hill: 5.0 mi
- Prout Hill: 5.1 mi
- Mount Daniel: 5.9 mi
- Minor's Hill: 7.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 16.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 16.8 mi
- White Rock Spring: 22.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 23.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 8.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 8.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.6 mi
- Beaver Landing: 17.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.6 mi
- Great Falls: 9.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 10.4 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.9 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.6 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Indian Head: 18.9 mi
- Possum Nose: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Draper Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | W 273° | 413 m | 22.5 mi |
| High Point Mountain | W 269° | 397 m | 23.1 mi |
| White Rock | W 273° | 387 m | 22.6 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 274° | 374 m | 21.5 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | W 274° | 295 m | 24.5 mi |
| Biscuit Mountain | W 262° | 268 m | 23.6 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 313° | 187 m | 23.6 mi |
| Steptoe Hill | WNW 300° | 176 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 2 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle148 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail134 obs
- mayapple127 obs
- lesser celandine123 obs
- American tuliptree120 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly115 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel111 obs
- White-tailed Deer107 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/147427377
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