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Kings Park Park

Kings Park Park from directly overhead

Kings Park Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Chestnut Peak stands 374 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Michael, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 11 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80765, -77.24707

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • St. Michael: 0.3 mi
  • Pieta: 2.3 mi
  • St. Francis: 2.3 mi
  • Statue of St. Michael: 2.8 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.8 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area 3: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Table: 6.2 mi
  • Treehouse: 7.7 mi
  • Area 5: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 47
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 10.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 8.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 13.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 13.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 15.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 15.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut PeakWNW 283°374 m24.0 mi
Gantt HillN 5°156 m8.2 mi
Hunting HillN 8°156 m19.3 mi
Mount DanielNNE 29°144 m7.1 mi
Freedom HillN 2°140 m8.0 mi
Minor's HillNE 36°140 m8.2 mi
Prout HillNNE 30°137 m5.9 mi
Upton HillNE 50°125 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536270757467554537
Precip in3.32.63.83.44.34.14.33.54.23.53.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 6 mi away.

  • Pharaoh Cicada182 obs
  • Creek Chub123 obs
  • lesser celandine116 obs
  • mayapple97 obs
  • Green Sunfish93 obs
  • American Toad82 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake77 obs
  • Great Blue Heron76 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/142265165

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