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Edward J. Kelly Park

Edward J. Kelly Park from directly overhead

Edward J. Kelly Park is a park, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Disc Thrower, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.89449, -77.04602

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Robert Latham Owen Park: 0.1 mi
  • Galvez Park: 0.2 mi
  • GW Anniversary Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bolivar Park: 0.2 mi
  • Square 80: 0.2 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 282°156 m10.3 mi
Hunting HillNNW 328°156 m15.5 mi
Black HillNNW 326°148 m24.3 mi
Mount DanielW 272°144 m7.3 mi
Minor's HillW 276°140 m6.1 mi
Freedom HillW 281°140 m10.8 mi
Prout HillW 263°137 m7.9 mi
Upton HillWSW 255°125 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard2,811 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel2,501 obs
  • House Sparrow1,957 obs
  • European Starling1,830 obs
  • American Robin1,302 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,194 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,173 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle1,144 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/41965280

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