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Frederick Heights Neighborhood Park

Frederick Heights Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Frederick Heights Neighborhood Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is POW-MIA Memorial, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
205 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.17165, -78.12662

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jim Barnett Park: 1.7 mi
  • NESW Park: 1.7 mi
  • Friendship Park: 1.8 mi
  • Timbrook Park: 2.0 mi
  • Elk Street Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 42
  • POW-MIA Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Timbrook Park: 2.0 mi
  • Judge John Handley Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 4.3 mi
  • Town of Boyce: 6.5 mi
Museums: 28
Attractions: 28
  • Cider Stage: 17.0 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 17.0 mi
  • Peacocks: 17.0 mi
  • Pig Pen: 17.0 mi
  • Jumping Pillow #1: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 16
Springs: 12
  • Town Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Vaucluse Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Cool Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Spring: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 7
  • Herb Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • River Access: 13.4 mi
  • Beach 2: 13.7 mi
  • River Access: 13.9 mi
  • Beach 3: 14.3 mi
  • Beach 1: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pua Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Mountain Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Lands Run Falls: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.3 mi
  • Dargan Bend: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Frederick Heights Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleW 263°864 m16.6 mi
Eagle RockWSW 258°791 m18.2 mi
Spring MountainWSW 259°738 m19.0 mi
Meneka PeakSW 216°730 m19.0 mi
High KnobS 178°728 m19.7 mi
Blue MountainSSE 160°674 m15.8 mi
Short MtnWSW 255°660 m18.9 mi
Signal KnobSW 217°642 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:25
June solstice05:4720:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2916:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372767467554537
Precip in2.82.23.53.54.24.14.13.24.23.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly57 obs
  • Mallard39 obs
  • common jewelweed18 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
  • Northern Cardinal15 obs
  • Groundhog15 obs
  • American pokeweed15 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral15 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/1313341167

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