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Mill Creek Park

Mill Creek Park from directly overhead

Mill Creek Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Accotink Stream Valley Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 7.9 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
79 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.84150, -77.22220

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Accotink Stream Valley Park: 0.1 mi
  • Annandale Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Americana Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fairfax Hills Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pine Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • The Pines: 0.9 mi
  • St. Francis: 1.1 mi
  • Pieta: 1.1 mi
  • St. Francis of Assisi: 1.6 mi
  • The Cannon: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
Peaks: 47
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 8.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 11.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 20.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 14.8 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 14.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillN 354°156 m5.8 mi
Hunting HillN 4°156 m16.9 mi
Black HillN 350°148 m24.2 mi
Mount DanielNNE 29°144 m4.4 mi
Minor's HillNE 39°140 m5.5 mi
Freedom HillN 349°140 m5.8 mi
Prout HillNNE 30°137 m3.2 mi
Upton HillENE 61°125 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
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.

  • Northern Cardinal242 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker157 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel152 obs
  • House Finch144 obs
  • eastern poison ivy111 obs
  • lesser celandine111 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage109 obs
  • House Sparrow107 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 node/356600719

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