Karen Drive Park
Karen Drive Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mantua Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 7.2 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 84 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
- Scott's Run Falls · 8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 8 mi
- Overlook 2 · 8 mi
- Overlook 1 · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mantua Park: 0.4 mi
- Armistead Park: 0.6 mi
- Wilcoxon Park: 0.9 mi
- Gateway Regional Park: 0.9 mi
- Villa Lee Park: 0.9 mi
- The Pines: 1.4 mi
- Pieta: 1.5 mi
- St. Francis: 1.5 mi
- St. Michael: 3.3 mi
- Confucius: 3.7 mi
- Daniels Run Park: 1.7 mi
- Bells Bird Sanctuary Park: 2.9 mi
- Wakefield Park: 3.0 mi
- Wakefield Park: 3.2 mi
- Oak Hill Park: 3.3 mi
- Hunter House at Nottoway Park: 2.1 mi
- Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center: 2.7 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 3.0 mi
- National Firearms Museum: 4.4 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 4.4 mi
- Food/Flower Garden: 2.1 mi
- Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.9 mi
- Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.9 mi
- Heart Haven Meditation Garden: 3.1 mi
- Green Acres Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Freeman House Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- The Caboose: 3.1 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 4.6 mi
- Lake Accotink Carousel: 5.0 mi
- Eden Center: 5.5 mi
- The George Mason Statue: 3.5 mi
- UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 4.1 mi
- Mustang Statue: 4.3 mi
- Up snd Down: 5.2 mi
- Today is Tomorrow: 5.5 mi
- Olney Park: 5.0 mi
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 5.3 mi
- Pony Barn: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 7.5 mi
- Prout Hill: 3.7 mi
- Freedom Hill: 4.4 mi
- Gantt Hill: 4.7 mi
- Mount Daniel: 4.7 mi
- Munson Hill: 5.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 8.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 8.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 9.2 mi
- Beaver Landing: 17.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 15.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 15.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 21.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 23.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 7.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.2 mi
- Great Falls: 9.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 10.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 16.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 13.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 13.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Indian Head: 18.1 mi
- Possum Nose: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Karen Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | W 274° | 413 m | 24.2 mi |
| High Point Mountain | W 270° | 397 m | 24.7 mi |
| White Rock | W 274° | 387 m | 24.2 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 275° | 374 m | 23.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 311° | 187 m | 25.0 mi |
| Gantt Hill | NNE 15° | 156 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 11° | 156 m | 15.8 mi |
| Black Hill | N 354° | 148 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 3 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal243 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel192 obs
- Downy Woodpecker148 obs
- House Finch146 obs
- House Sparrow141 obs
- Amur honeysuckle130 obs
- mayapple121 obs
- lesser celandine118 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356599930
Day trips start here
- Fairfax County · 2 mi
- Annandale · 3 mi
- Fairfax · 3 mi
- Vienna · 3 mi
- Tysons · 4 mi
- Falls Church · 5 mi
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