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Ida Lee Park

Ida Lee Park from directly overhead

Ida Lee Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.

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Coordinates39.12418, -77.56464

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Civil War Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Loudoun County Court House: 0.6 mi
  • World War II and Korea Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • County of Loudoun: 0.7 mi
  • George C. Marshall: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Leesburg Welcome Mural: 0.8 mi
  • Velo Love: 1.0 mi
  • Low-Poly Open Heart: 1.0 mi
  • Unbroken Circle #4: 1.0 mi
  • Kintsugi heart: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 47
  • Loudoun Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 1.2 mi
  • Winmill Carriage Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Oatlands Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Oatlands Mansion: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 46
  • butterfly Garden: 6.6 mi
  • butterfly garden: 6.6 mi
  • Native Pollinator Meadow: 8.1 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Smiths Switch Station: 8.7 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 9.7 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 10.5 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 16.1 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 16.6 mi
Springs: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 10.1 mi
  • Pua Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 14.6 mi
  • River Access: 16.4 mi
  • River Access: 17.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Ida Lee Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paris MountainWSW 252°587 m20.5 mi
Lambs KnollN 352°536 m22.6 mi
Lambs KnollN 352°536 m22.6 mi
High KnobN 9°472 m23.7 mi
NeersvilleNW 305°467 m13.6 mi
Maryland HeightsNNW 332°444 m17.0 mi
Raven RocksW 274°443 m14.5 mi
Short Hill MountainNW 323°441 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:22
June solstice05:4520:0020:40
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2716:0916:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536271767467554537
Precip in3.02.63.63.54.34.24.13.64.83.53.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purcellville, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Spadefoot150 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly96 obs
  • American Robin74 obs
  • wineberry70 obs
  • Osage-orange63 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel60 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee58 obs
  • Wingstem50 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/99215685

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