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Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park

Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park from directly overhead

Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 88 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Vermont Maple Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 2.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
88 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.01678, -77.38812

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 0.5 mi
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 4.9 mi
  • butterfly garden: 6.2 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 7.7 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Claude Moore Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hedgerow Habitat Trail: 1.2 mi
  • Cascades Marketplace Mini Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sugarland Trail Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sterling Community Center Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Smiths Switch Station: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic area A: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic area B: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic area C: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic area D: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Springs: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 7.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 17.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 15.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWSW 241°413 m19.3 mi
High Point MountainWSW 238°397 m20.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 359°387 m17.0 mi
White RockWSW 242°387 m19.3 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 240°374 m18.2 mi
Waterford PeakNW 320°361 m15.3 mi
Pine RockNNW 340°346 m22.0 mi
Griffin MountainWSW 245°295 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose213 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail208 obs
  • Huron Skipper118 obs
  • Pearl Crescent105 obs
  • Northern Cardinal96 obs
  • Monarch91 obs
  • autumn olive90 obs
  • Common Whitetail88 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/43599063

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