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Mantua Park

Mantua Park from directly overhead

Mantua Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Karen Drive Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 7.3 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86011, -77.26276

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Pieta: 1.7 mi
  • St. Francis: 1.7 mi
  • The Pines: 1.9 mi
  • Confucius: 3.3 mi
  • St. Michael: 3.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
  • The George Mason Statue: 3.2 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 3.8 mi
  • Mustang Statue: 4.6 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 5.5 mi
  • Heavy Load: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 5.3 mi
  • Olney Park: 5.3 mi
  • Pony Barn: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 51
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.6 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 10.7 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 12.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 13.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 4

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 274°413 m23.7 mi
High Point MountainW 270°397 m24.3 mi
White RockW 274°387 m23.8 mi
Chestnut PeakW 275°374 m22.7 mi
Biscuit MountainW 263°268 m24.7 mi
Hogback MountainNW 311°187 m24.7 mi
Gantt HillNNE 20°156 m4.8 mi
Hunting HillNNE 13°156 m15.9 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, 3 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle136 obs
  • mayapple132 obs
  • lesser celandine125 obs
  • American tuliptree112 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail112 obs
  • multiflora rose103 obs
  • eastern poison ivy101 obs
  • White-tailed Deer98 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 node/356599954

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