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Lake Ridge Park

Lake Ridge Park from directly overhead

Lake Ridge Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 72 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinn Park, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 12 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
72 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.69262, -77.31998

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Davis Ford Park: 1.8 mi
  • Liberty Park: 1.9 mi
  • Rollingwood Village Park: 2.1 mi
  • Harbor Drive Wellness Park: 2.4 mi
  • Earl M. Cunard Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Picnic sites: 60
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 4.7 mi
  • Veterans Park: 5.2 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 7.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 47
  • Choo Choo Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Mount Pone: 13.6 mi
  • Henry Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Bald Hill: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Beaver Landing: 5.6 mi
  • West Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 6
  • Peace Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 22.9 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 3.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 6.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 6.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 12.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 12.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainWNW 302°413 m24.4 mi
High Point MountainWNW 298°397 m24.0 mi
White RockWNW 303°387 m24.6 mi
Chestnut PeakNW 304°374 m23.7 mi
Biscuit MountainWNW 292°268 m23.1 mi
Luntsfords MountainW 278°171 m21.9 mi
Gantt HillNNE 16°156 m16.8 mi
Mount DanielNNE 28°144 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5820:38
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:1016:52

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle58 obs
  • American Toad43 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • mountain laurel28 obs
  • Great Blue Heron26 obs
  • Common Five-lined Skink21 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake19 obs
  • American beech19 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 node/356599796

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