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Glyndon Park

Glyndon Park from directly overhead

Glyndon Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Caboose, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 4.3 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Vienna
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.90781, -77.26406

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • The Caboose: 0.3 mi
  • Freeman House Historic Site: 0.3 mi
  • Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 2.2 mi
  • Pupatella Car: 4.8 mi
  • Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 5.3 mi
Parks
  • Vienna Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Branch Road Tot Lot: 0.4 mi
  • Salsbury Spring Park: 0.5 mi
  • Waters And Caffi Fields: 0.5 mi
  • Sarah Walker Mercer Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Vienna Elementery Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Vienna Elementery Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Tea Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Spiral Mound: 2.1 mi
  • Potomac Valley Collection: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 2.0 mi
  • Olney Park: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic area D: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic area C: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • The Pines: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Hope: 4.7 mi
  • Pieta: 4.8 mi
  • St. Francis: 4.8 mi
  • Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 52
Beaches: 7
  • Purplehorse Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.0 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 20.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 13.6 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 14.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 14.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 266°413 m23.7 mi
High Point MountainW 262°397 m24.4 mi
White RockW 266°387 m23.7 mi
Chestnut PeakW 266°374 m22.6 mi
Hogback MountainNW 305°187 m22.5 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 292°176 m24.0 mi
Gantt HillNE 54°156 m2.1 mi
Hunting HillNNE 16°156 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer632 obs
  • Red Fox352 obs
  • Northern Cardinal340 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee239 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel229 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle207 obs
  • House Sparrow205 obs
  • American Robin201 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/117405737

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