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East Blake Lane Park

East Blake Lane Park from directly overhead

East Blake Lane Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Towers Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 6.8 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.87210, -77.27469

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
  • The Pines: 2.8 mi
  • Pieta: 2.8 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.8 mi
  • Confucius: 3.5 mi
  • St. Michael: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • The George Mason Statue: 3.4 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 4.0 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 4.8 mi
  • Mustang Statue: 4.8 mi
  • Heavy Load: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 4.5 mi
  • Olney Park: 5.3 mi
  • Pony Barn: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic area D: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 53
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.3 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Coe Creek: 11.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 12.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 12.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 4

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 272°413 m23.1 mi
High Point MountainW 268°397 m23.6 mi
White RockW 272°387 m23.1 mi
Chestnut PeakW 273°374 m22.0 mi
Biscuit MountainW 261°268 m24.2 mi
Hogback MountainNW 311°187 m23.6 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 298°176 m24.5 mi
Gantt HillNNE 31°156 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:38
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.

  • Amur honeysuckle145 obs
  • mayapple129 obs
  • White-tailed Deer121 obs
  • American tuliptree120 obs
  • lesser celandine115 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail114 obs
  • wavyleaf basketgrass111 obs
  • American pokeweed106 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/131542935

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