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Dunn Loring Park

Dunn Loring Park from directly overhead

Dunn Loring Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Chestnut Peak stands 374 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunn Loring Fairgounds, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 4.8 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88956, -77.22798

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dunn Loring Fairgounds: 0.4 mi
  • Shreve Hill Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Halstead Dog Park: 0.7 mi
  • Merrilee Park: 0.7 mi
  • Idylwood Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • The Pines: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Hope: 2.5 mi
  • Tinner Hill Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Zig Zag Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Carol DeLong: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 47
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 7.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Coe Creek: 13.4 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 17.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 19.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 20.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut PeakW 270°374 m24.4 mi
Hogback MountainNW 305°187 m24.9 mi
Gantt HillN 354°156 m2.5 mi
Hunting HillN 7°156 m13.6 mi
Black HillN 350°148 m20.9 mi
Mount DanielENE 77°144 m2.5 mi
Freedom HillNNW 341°140 m2.5 mi
Minor's HillENE 76°140 m3.9 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, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer130 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly129 obs
  • House Sparrow106 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle101 obs
  • Western Honey Bee97 obs
  • Monarch90 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee88 obs
  • Northern Cardinal84 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/553281226

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