Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lennington All-American Daylily Collection, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 3.2 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 84 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 4.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook 2 · 4 mi
- Overlook 1 · 4 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 4 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lennington All-American Daylily Collection: 0.0 mi
- Stout Medal Daylily Collection: 0.1 mi
- Historic Daylily Collection: 0.1 mi
- Spiral Mound: 0.1 mi
- Native Wetlands & Bog Garden: 0.1 mi
- Tamarack Park: 0.4 mi
- Sun Valley Park: 0.6 mi
- The Barns of Wolf Trap: 1.0 mi
- Symphony Hills Park: 1.0 mi
- Wolftrap Stream Valley Park: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 0.9 mi
- The Caboose: 2.4 mi
- Freeman House Historic Site: 2.4 mi
- Pupatella Car: 3.0 mi
- Lock 15: 4.3 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 1.0 mi
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Picnic area D: 2.6 mi
- Picnic area C: 2.6 mi
- Picnic area B: 2.6 mi
- Ashgrove Historic Site Park: 1.8 mi
- Vernon J. Walker Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Old Dominion School Site: 3.2 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Daniels Run Park: 5.8 mi
- Colvin Run Mill: 2.3 mi
- Colvin Run Mill House: 2.4 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 2.4 mi
- Colvin Run General Store: 2.4 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 2.4 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 3.5 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 3.5 mi
- Robert E Simon: 3.8 mi
- Mather Gorge marker: 4.3 mi
- Mather Gorge: 4.3 mi
- sculpture garden: 3.8 mi
- ART studio/gallery: 3.8 mi
- Pyramid: 3.9 mi
- Buoyant Force: 4.5 mi
- Mustang Statue: 5.6 mi
- Freedom Hill: 2.3 mi
- Gantt Hill: 2.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mount Daniel: 6.0 mi
- Prout Hill: 6.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 3.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 4.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.2 mi
- Beaver Landing: 22.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 14.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 15.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 20.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 21.4 mi
- Great Falls: 4.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 4.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 5.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 15.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.0 mi
- Indian Head: 23.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 14.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 14.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | W 261° | 413 m | 22.9 mi |
| High Point Mountain | WSW 257° | 397 m | 23.8 mi |
| White Rock | W 261° | 387 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 345° | 387 m | 23.3 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 261° | 374 m | 21.7 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NW 318° | 361 m | 23.2 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | W 263° | 295 m | 24.6 mi |
| Biscuit Mountain | WSW 251° | 268 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer1,120 obs
- Red Fox547 obs
- Northern Cardinal472 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail377 obs
- Eastern Bluebird291 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel278 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage273 obs
- Monarch266 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.
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