Mercer Park
Mercer Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 148 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mickie Gordon Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 148 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 14 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 21 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 21 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mickie Gordon Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Aldie Mill Historic Park: 3.2 mi
- Gilbert's Corner Regional Park: 4.9 mi
- Everfield Community Park: 6.3 mi
- Twin Ponds Park: 6.7 mi
- Ball Hill: 2.0 mi
- Polecat Hill: 2.5 mi
- Steptoe Hill: 4.3 mi
- Vesper Hill: 4.9 mi
- Negro Mountain: 6.4 mi
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 2.1 mi
- Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Swart Farmhouse: 7.0 mi
- Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 9.9 mi
- Leesburg 9/11 Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Historic Aldie Mill: 3.2 mi
- Jumping Pillow #2: 10.3 mi
- Triple Threat Slide: 10.3 mi
- Pigs: 10.3 mi
- Tire Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 9.5 mi
- Senior Garden: 9.5 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 10.5 mi
- Designated Wildflower Zone: 11.3 mi
- Carol: 6.9 mi
- Sundial: 10.3 mi
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 11.6 mi
- Sun Flower: 11.6 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 11.6 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 9.6 mi
- Broadlands Wetlands Preservation Area: 10.9 mi
- Elizabeth Nickens Park Site: 11.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 11.2 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 2.3 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 6.1 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 6.1 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 11.5 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 11.8 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 12.3 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 13.3 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Spring: 6.3 mi
- UnNamed Spring: 11.9 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 12.0 mi
- Harmony Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 12.1 mi
- River Access: 14.3 mi
- River Access: 14.4 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 17.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 24.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 24.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.2 mi
- Pua Falls: 12.5 mi
- Great Falls: 24.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 16.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 16.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Mercer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | W 265° | 674 m | 17.5 mi |
| Paris | W 271° | 590 m | 16.2 mi |
| Paris Mountain | WNW 287° | 587 m | 12.8 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | SW 234° | 476 m | 16.8 mi |
| Neersville | NNW 348° | 467 m | 18.3 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WSW 255° | 448 m | 15.8 mi |
| Raven Rocks | NNW 327° | 443 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Cobbler Mountain | WSW 240° | 441 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purcellville, 11 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle19 obs
- North American Wheel Bug7 obs
- Sphagnum Sprite5 obs
- garlic mustard4 obs
- Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp4 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit3 obs
- Red Clover3 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 node/356598012
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 2 mi
- Loudoun County · 8 mi
- Ashburn · 12 mi
- Leesburg · 12 mi
- Sterling · 15 mi
- Chantilly · 16 mi
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