Fort Marcy Park
Fort Marcy Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 65 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 5, a attraction 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 65 m
How to reach it
- On the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 0.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lock 5: 0.5 mi
- Lock 6: 0.7 mi
- Lock 7: 2.2 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 3.0 mi
- Lock 8: 3.2 mi
- The Mouth of Pimmit Run: 0.5 mi
- Chain Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Fort Ethan Allen: 0.7 mi
- Jefferson Garcia-Yanez: 0.8 mi
- Battery Bailey: 1.5 mi
- Upland field: 1.0 mi
- Utah & 35 Field: 1.2 mi
- Sangamore Local Park: 1.2 mi
- Little Pimmit Run: 1.2 mi
- Palisades Park: 1.3 mi
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 1.5 mi
- Potomac Palisades Conservation Park: 1.5 mi
- Donaldson Run Park: 1.6 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 1.8 mi
- Glass Forest: 1.4 mi
- Kryptos: 1.7 mi
- A-12 Oxcart: 1.8 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 1.9 mi
- John Wesley: 1.9 mi
- Demonstration Native Plant Garden: 1.6 mi
- Demonstration Vegetable Garden: 1.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.0 mi
- American University Arboretum and Gardens: 2.0 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 1.7 mi
- American University Museum at the Katzen: 2.1 mi
- Kreeger Museum: 2.1 mi
- Clara Barton House: 2.4 mi
- Dopamine Land: 2.8 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 1.7 mi
- Olney Park: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.1 mi
- Minor's Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Alto: 2.8 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 2.8 mi
- Point Reno: 2.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 3.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 4.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 4.8 mi
- Great Falls: 8.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 19.2 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 7.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.3 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 19.5 mi
- Indian Head: 22.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 21.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Marcy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 264° | 156 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 340° | 156 m | 11.1 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 332° | 148 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 231° | 144 m | 4.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 220° | 140 m | 2.8 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 263° | 140 m | 6.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 225° | 137 m | 5.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSW 195° | 125 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, under a mile away.
- lesser celandine272 obs
- Green Frog261 obs
- Great Blue Heron248 obs
- Wood Frog227 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink225 obs
- mayapple214 obs
- Wood Duck211 obs
- White-tailed Deer202 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356600758
Day trips start here
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 2 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 3 mi
- Bethesda · 3 mi
- McLean · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Upper Northwest · 3 mi
- Arlington · 4 mi
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