Kirby Park
Kirby Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Haycock-Longfellow Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 2.6 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 83 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 2.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Haycock-Longfellow Park: 0.4 mi
- Joel Jacknow Memorial Meditation Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mount Royal Park: 1.0 mi
- Saucy Branch Park: 1.1 mi
- Griffith Park: 1.1 mi
- Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Charles Stewart School (historic): 1.8 mi
- Mount Hope: 1.8 mi
- Carol DeLong: 2.2 mi
- Tinner Hill Monument: 2.2 mi
- Olney Park: 0.8 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 4.1 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 4.3 mi
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 5.0 mi
- Powhatan Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Franklin Woods Park: 0.9 mi
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Langley Oaks Park: 3.3 mi
- Donaldson Run Park: 3.6 mi
- Mustang Statue: 1.2 mi
- Up snd Down: 1.9 mi
- HHHVP: 2.9 mi
- Memory Bricks: 2.9 mi
- The Family: 2.9 mi
- Capital One Sculpture Garden: 2.1 mi
- Butterfly Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.8 mi
- Ornamental Tree Garden: 3.4 mi
- BonAir Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 2.3 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 3.8 mi
- Clara Barton House: 4.3 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington: 4.6 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 4.7 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 2.3 mi
- Eden Center: 2.9 mi
- Lock 5: 3.6 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 3.6 mi
- Lock 6: 3.7 mi
- Mount Daniel: 1.0 mi
- Minor's Hill: 1.2 mi
- Prout Hill: 2.3 mi
- Gantt Hill: 3.1 mi
- Upton Hill: 3.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 4.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 5.9 mi
- Beaver Landing: 22.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 4.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 4.1 mi
- Great Falls: 7.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 16.2 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Indian Head: 21.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.0 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kirby Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 287° | 156 m | 3.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 355° | 156 m | 12.0 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 341° | 148 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 195° | 144 m | 1.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | ESE 120° | 140 m | 1.2 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 282° | 140 m | 3.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | SSW 200° | 137 m | 2.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSE 147° | 125 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.
- Red Fox402 obs
- Northern Cardinal245 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel224 obs
- American Robin223 obs
- Mourning Dove156 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee144 obs
- House Sparrow140 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly131 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/153130265
Day trips start here
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 2 mi
- Falls Church · 2 mi
- McLean · 2 mi
- Tysons · 3 mi
- Arlington · 4 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 5 mi
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