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Hidden Pond Park

Hidden Pond Park from directly overhead

Hidden Pond Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Orange Hunt Estates Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 9.2 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.77427, -77.23805

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
  • St. Michael: 2.7 mi
  • Statue of St. Michael: 3.9 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 3.9 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 3.9 mi
  • The Cannon: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Table: 4.0 mi
  • Treehouse: 6.9 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 7.6 mi
Museums
Peaks: 46
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 12.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 12.5 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 12.7 mi
  • West Beach: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 7.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 13.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 13.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 14.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 14.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillN 2°156 m10.4 mi
Hunting HillN 6°156 m21.6 mi
Mount DanielNNE 19°144 m9.0 mi
Minor's HillNNE 26°140 m9.9 mi
Freedom HillN 359°140 m10.3 mi
Prout HillNNE 18°137 m7.8 mi
Upton HillNE 35°125 m8.5 mi
Point RenoNE 35°123 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

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, 9 mi away.

  • Pharaoh Cicada211 obs
  • lesser celandine120 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty115 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail100 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage98 obs
  • American Toad98 obs
  • mayapple96 obs
  • Common Five-lined Skink95 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/123726783

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