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Jackson Hollow Recreation Area

Jackson Hollow Recreation Area from directly overhead

Jackson Hollow Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
213 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.87956, -77.68972

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Swart Farmhouse: 6.7 mi
  • Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 7.1 mi
  • Battle of Buckland Mills: 7.1 mi
  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 7.9 mi
  • Second Manassas Monument: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 45
Nature reserves: 41
Artworks: 31
  • Carol: 3.9 mi
  • Sundial: 13.4 mi
  • Wildcat: 15.4 mi
  • Wildcat: 15.5 mi
  • Maze: 15.9 mi
Museums: 26
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 10.4 mi
  • Shelter #11: 11.9 mi
  • Shelter #1: 12.0 mi
Springs: 12
  • White Rock Spring: 0.8 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 11.1 mi
  • Pua Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 3
  • River Access: 20.2 mi
  • River Access: 20.3 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Jackson Hollow Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainWNW 287°674 m18.7 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 267°644 m19.0 mi
ParisWNW 293°590 m18.2 mi
Paris MountainNW 310°587 m16.6 mi
Big Cobbler MountainWSW 259°476 m14.5 mi
Naked MountainW 280°448 m16.0 mi
Raven RocksNNW 337°443 m19.6 mi
Little Cobbler MountainW 267°441 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4620:0020:40
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2616:1116:53

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, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • downy rattlesnake plantain101 obs
  • Eastern Newt98 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander55 obs
  • mountain laurel51 obs
  • pink lady's slipper50 obs
  • Green Frog47 obs
  • Pickerel Frog47 obs
  • American Toad46 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 node/356599583

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