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Fort Willard Park

Fort Willard Park from directly overhead

Fort Willard Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Belle Haven Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.6 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.78278, -77.06614

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mount Eagle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Biscayne Park: 0.8 mi
  • Farrington Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bucknell Manor Park: 0.9 mi
  • Limerick Street Recreational Field: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • African American Heritage Park Sculpture: 1.4 mi
  • Geodesic Dome: 1.4 mi
  • South Corner Boundary Stone: 1.5 mi
  • World War I-Era Rudder: 1.5 mi
  • Memorial Pool: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens
Peaks: 38
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 19.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 17.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Coe Creek: 16.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNW 318°156 m13.3 mi
Hunting HillNNW 341°156 m22.0 mi
Mount DanielNW 322°144 m10.1 mi
Minor's HillNNW 329°140 m9.7 mi
Freedom HillNW 316°140 m13.6 mi
Prout HillNW 315°137 m9.6 mi
Upton HillNW 326°125 m7.7 mi
Point RenoN 357°123 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove692 obs
  • Bald Eagle420 obs
  • Northern Cardinal411 obs
  • Osprey350 obs
  • Porcelain Berry293 obs
  • tree-of-heaven285 obs
  • Carolina Wren250 obs
  • Mallard248 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/147028504

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