Park · Virginia
Kemper Park
Kemper Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawyers Road Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 5.3 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
Coordinates38.90577, -77.29955
- 5.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook 2 · 6 mi
- Overlook 1 · 6 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 7 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lawyers Road Park: 0.6 mi
- Fox Hunters Park: 0.9 mi
- Peterson Lane Park: 1.0 mi
- Gabrielson Gardens Park: 1.0 mi
- Oakton Community Park: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Heart Haven Meditation Garden: 1.5 mi
- Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.0 mi
- Vienna Elementery Garden: 2.0 mi
- Fred Packard Grove: 2.1 mi
- Native Wetlands & Bog Garden: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- The Caboose: 1.8 mi
- Freeman House Historic Site: 1.9 mi
- Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 2.9 mi
- Pupatella Car: 3.6 mi
- Fluffy Rides: 4.3 mi
Museums
- Freeman Store & Museum: 1.9 mi
- Hunter House at Nottoway Park: 1.9 mi
- National Firearms Museum: 3.5 mi
- Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center: 4.2 mi
- Colvin Run Mill: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Vernon J. Walker Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Ashgrove Historic Site Park: 3.2 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Daniels Run Park: 3.8 mi
- Bells Bird Sanctuary Park: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 2.8 mi
- Pony Barn: 3.6 mi
- Picnic area D: 4.1 mi
- Picnic area C: 4.1 mi
Artworks
- Unnamed Puppy Dog: 4.4 mi
- Heavy Load: 4.4 mi
- Filly: 4.4 mi
- Horse head: 4.7 mi
- sculpture garden: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
- Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 4.6 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 4.6 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 4.6 mi
- Kearny and Stevens Monuments: 4.7 mi
- Robert E Simon: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 57
- Freedom Hill: 3.3 mi
- Gantt Hill: 3.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.4 mi
- Prout Hill: 6.0 mi
- Mount Daniel: 6.3 mi
Springs: 11
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 15.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 16.5 mi
- White Rock Spring: 21.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 7
- Sycamore Beach: 6.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 6.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.9 mi
- Beaver Landing: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Rosier Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Indian Head: 21.8 mi
- Possum Nose: 24.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Scott's Run Falls: 6.7 mi
- Great Falls: 6.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 12.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 12.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 12.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kemper Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | W 266° | 413 m | 21.8 mi |
| High Point Mountain | W 261° | 397 m | 22.5 mi |
| White Rock | W 266° | 387 m | 21.8 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 266° | 374 m | 20.6 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NW 323° | 361 m | 24.3 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | W 268° | 295 m | 23.6 mi |
| Biscuit Mountain | WSW 255° | 268 m | 23.4 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 309° | 187 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 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, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer579 obs
- Red Fox389 obs
- Northern Cardinal312 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage219 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel209 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee191 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail190 obs
- wavyleaf basketgrass179 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 way/121176216
Day trips start here
- Vienna · 2 mi
- Fairfax · 4 mi
- Reston · 4 mi
- Tysons · 4 mi
- Fairfax County · 5 mi
- Great Falls · 6 mi
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