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Joseph D Reading Park

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Joseph D Reading Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 76 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Costello Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 10 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
76 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.78105, -77.45470

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Costello Park: 0.4 mi
  • Stonewall Park: 0.8 mi
  • Liberia House Historic Site: 1.0 mi
  • Baker Street Park: 1.1 mi
  • Byrd Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks: 60
  • Signal Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Choo Choo Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Henry Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Bald Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Pone: 4.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Bull Run Special Events Center: 2.5 mi
  • K1 Speed: 2.8 mi
  • Fluffy Rides: 2.8 mi
  • Griffin's Battery: 4.1 mi
  • Confederate Batteries: 4.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Wildcat: 3.8 mi
  • Wildcat: 3.8 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 6.5 mi
  • Maze: 6.9 mi
  • Horse head: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Shelter #9: 1.9 mi
  • Shelter #6: 1.9 mi
  • Shelter #7: 1.9 mi
  • Shelter #5: 2.0 mi
  • Shelter #3: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • West Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 13.0 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 18.0 mi
Springs: 6
  • Peace Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 14.3 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 6.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 14.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 2.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 2.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 14.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildcat MountainW 272°417 m20.7 mi
Signal MountainWNW 298°413 m15.1 mi
Rappahannock MountainW 272°404 m21.1 mi
High Point MountainWNW 291°397 m14.9 mi
White RockWNW 298°387 m15.2 mi
Chestnut PeakWNW 301°374 m14.2 mi
Pignut MountainW 273°326 m18.7 mi
Prickly Pear MountainW 267°319 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4619:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2516:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787668564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manassas, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells181 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty95 obs
  • yellow trout lily80 obs
  • common pawpaw75 obs
  • Marbled Salamander45 obs
  • mayapple42 obs
  • ground-ivy39 obs
  • American Toad37 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/577913259

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