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Mickie Gordon Memorial Park

Mickie Gordon Memorial Park from directly overhead

Mickie Gordon Memorial Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
145 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.97511, -77.71027

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 2.7 mi
  • Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 3.2 mi
  • Swart Farmhouse: 7.4 mi
  • Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 10.2 mi
  • Leesburg 9/11 Memorial: 10.9 mi
Attractions
  • Historic Aldie Mill: 3.7 mi
  • Jumping Pillow #2: 10.2 mi
  • Triple Threat Slide: 10.2 mi
  • Pigs: 10.2 mi
  • Tire Mountain: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 44
Nature reserves: 39
Museums: 38
Artworks: 33
  • Carol: 7.1 mi
  • Sundial: 10.9 mi
  • Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 12.2 mi
  • Sun Flower: 12.2 mi
  • Unbroken Circle #4: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Little Picnic Island: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 12.6 mi
  • Smiths Switch Station: 13.9 mi
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • White Rock Spring: 6.0 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.8 mi
  • Pua Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • River Access: 14.2 mi
  • River Access: 14.2 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 16.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Mickie Gordon Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainW 266°674 m16.9 mi
ParisW 272°590 m15.7 mi
Paris MountainWNW 289°587 m12.3 mi
Big Cobbler MountainSW 234°476 m16.1 mi
NeersvilleN 350°467 m18.5 mi
Naked MountainWSW 255°448 m15.2 mi
Raven RocksNNW 330°443 m13.2 mi
Little Cobbler MountainWSW 240°441 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4620:0120:41
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2716:1016:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170747266554435
Precip in3.23.03.73.44.94.84.03.65.33.63.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle21 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug9 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly8 obs
  • Leopard Slug7 obs
  • Imperial Moth7 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356605158

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