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Long Bridge Park

Long Bridge Park from directly overhead

Long Bridge Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Wave Arbor, a artwork 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.3 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Arlington County

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86565, -77.04724

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Wave Arbor: 0.1 mi
  • Wave Arbor: 0.1 mi
  • Red Portal: 0.2 mi
  • Sky Column: 0.3 mi
  • Shhh: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gravelly Point Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crystal City Water Park: 0.5 mi
  • Central Courtyard: 0.6 mi
  • Grant Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Virginia Highlands Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Troy Park: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 2.9 mi
  • Area 2: 3.7 mi
  • Area 1: 3.8 mi
  • Area 3: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 35
Beaches: 7
  • Fishing Shore: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 293°156 m10.8 mi
Hunting HillNNW 332°156 m17.2 mi
Mount DanielWNW 287°144 m7.6 mi
Minor's HillWNW 294°140 m6.5 mi
Freedom HillWNW 291°140 m11.3 mi
Prout HillW 278°137 m7.9 mi
Upton HillW 276°125 m5.4 mi
Point RenoNNW 345°123 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 1 mi away.

  • Mallard1,653 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel637 obs
  • Canada Goose604 obs
  • European Starling562 obs
  • American Robin432 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant417 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull405 obs
  • Great Blue Heron349 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/149913992

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