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McLean Hamlet Park

McLean Hamlet Park from directly overhead

McLean Hamlet Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ken Lawrence Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 1.7 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
100 m

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.93591, -77.22496

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ken Lawrence Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Rotonda (Private): 0.6 mi
  • Alfred Odrick Homesite Park: 0.6 mi
  • Falstaff Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tiny Tykes Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Capital One Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Potomac Valley Collection: 3.0 mi
  • Entry Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Spiral Mound: 3.1 mi
  • White Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Burling Defenders: 2.4 mi
  • Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Mather Gorge: 4.1 mi
  • Mather Gorge marker: 4.1 mi
  • Mount Hope: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 48
Beaches: 7
  • Purplehorse Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 7.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 16.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 16.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 16.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 338°387 m24.3 mi
Chestnut PeakW 262°374 m24.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 298°187 m23.3 mi
Gantt HillSSW 210°156 m0.8 mi
Hunting HillN 8°156 m10.4 mi
Black HillNNW 347°148 m17.8 mi
Mount DanielSE 139°144 m3.5 mi
Freedom HillSW 228°140 m1.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon483 obs
  • Canada Goose213 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly127 obs
  • House Sparrow63 obs
  • Common Box Turtle62 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel58 obs
  • White-tailed Deer55 obs
  • American Toad50 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 way/153130270

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