Mark Twain Park
Mark Twain Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 77 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Hill Park, a park 0.8 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.3 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 77 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 9.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 10.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 12.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 6 mi
- Viewing Area · 7 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 7 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bush Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- Joseph Hensley Park: 0.8 mi
- Clermont Natural Park: 0.9 mi
- Cameron Station Linear Park: 0.9 mi
- Tarleton Park: 1.0 mi
- Chessie’s Carousel: 1.3 mi
- Geodesic Dome: 2.8 mi
- African American Heritage Park Sculpture: 3.0 mi
- Mount Vernon Community School Caboose: 3.8 mi
- Del Ray Poetry Fence: 3.8 mi
- Dead cyclist Intersection: 1.6 mi
- Fort Ward - Northwest Bastion: 2.7 mi
- Charles W. Hendryx Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Carolltown Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- George Washington Masonic National Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Turkeycock Run Stream Valley Park: 2.2 mi
- Winkler Botanical Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Belle Haven Park: 2.6 mi
- Mount Vernon District Park: 3.2 mi
- Mason District Park: 4.1 mi
- Chapel Garden: 2.2 mi
- Trinidad B. Litman, Ed.D. Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Zing T. Jung Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
- Barbara Ann Showers Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 3.8 mi
- National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum: 2.8 mi
- Freedom House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Friendship Fire Station: 3.6 mi
- Lyceum Museum: 3.7 mi
- Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem: 3.9 mi
- The Edmonson Sisters: 3.1 mi
- compass rose: 3.3 mi
- Today is Tomorrow: 3.3 mi
- The Path of Thorns and Roses: 3.5 mi
- Lego Giraffe: 3.5 mi
- Shooters Hill: 2.6 mi
- Munson Hill: 4.9 mi
- Spy Hill: 5.4 mi
- Upton Hill: 5.9 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 6.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 4.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 8.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.7 mi
- Beaver Landing: 17.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Indian Head: 13.4 mi
- Possum Nose: 18.2 mi
- Blue Banks: 25.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 13.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 14.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 18.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 14.2 mi
- Great Falls: 16.0 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mark Twain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | NW 325° | 156 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 347° | 156 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | NNW 333° | 144 m | 8.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NNW 343° | 140 m | 8.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | NW 322° | 140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | NW 325° | 137 m | 7.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | NNW 343° | 125 m | 5.9 mi |
| Point Reno | N 11° | 123 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 6 mi away.
- Canada Goose127 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly108 obs
- Pond Slider101 obs
- Japanese honeysuckle96 obs
- tree-of-heaven93 obs
- American sweetgum90 obs
- purple crownvetch90 obs
- Northern Mockingbird87 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/148658372
Day trips start here
- South Alexandria · 3 mi
- Alexandria · 4 mi
- Mount Vernon · 4 mi
- Springfield · 4 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 5 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Southwest · 5 mi
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