Great Falls Nike Park
Great Falls Nike Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Observatory Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 117 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 4.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 4 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 4 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 4 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Observatory Park: 0.8 mi
- The Turner Farm Park: 0.9 mi
- Brown's Park: 1.5 mi
- Lake Anne Park: 1.6 mi
- Autumnwood Park: 2.0 mi
- Pyramid: 1.7 mi
- ART studio/gallery: 1.8 mi
- sculpture garden: 1.8 mi
- Buoyant Force: 2.9 mi
- Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 5.0 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 1.7 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 1.7 mi
- Robert E Simon: 1.7 mi
- Mather Gorge marker: 4.2 mi
- Mather Gorge: 4.2 mi
- Reston Museum: 1.7 mi
- Colvin Run General Store: 2.4 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 2.4 mi
- Colvin Run Mill House: 2.4 mi
- Colvin Run Mill: 2.4 mi
- Picnic area A: 2.0 mi
- Picnic area B: 2.0 mi
- Picnic area C: 2.0 mi
- Picnic area D: 2.0 mi
- Pony Barn: 4.7 mi
- Pupatella Car: 2.9 mi
- Lock 18: 4.2 mi
- Lock 19: 4.3 mi
- Lock 20: 4.3 mi
- Lock 16: 4.4 mi
- The Farm at Halley Rise: 3.4 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 3.6 mi
- Fred Packard Grove: 4.2 mi
- Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 4.3 mi
- Conifer Collection: 4.4 mi
- Fraser Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Vernon J. Walker Nature Center: 4.5 mi
- Algonkian Regional Park: 5.3 mi
- Old Dominion School Site: 5.7 mi
- Nokes Hill: 4.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.1 mi
- Freedom Hill: 6.5 mi
- Gantt Hill: 6.8 mi
- Stony Hill: 8.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 16.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 17.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 19.4 mi
- White Rock Spring: 21.2 mi
- Great Falls: 4.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 6.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 10.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 18.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 4.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 4.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 13.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Great Falls Nike Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | WSW 250° | 413 m | 21.6 mi |
| High Point Mountain | WSW 246° | 397 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 349° | 387 m | 19.1 mi |
| White Rock | WSW 250° | 387 m | 21.6 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | WSW 249° | 374 m | 20.4 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NW 316° | 361 m | 18.8 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | WSW 253° | 295 m | 23.1 mi |
| Biscuit Mountain | WSW 240° | 268 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 7 mi away.
- American Toad127 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle115 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail108 obs
- Canada Goose101 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk85 obs
- Monarch83 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk79 obs
- Wood Duck77 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 way/25504868
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