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Mount Vernon Manor Park

Mount Vernon Manor Park from directly overhead

Mount Vernon Manor Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Zephyr Park, a park 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.6 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.72224, -77.11309

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 1.0 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Upper Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Garden: 1.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 1.1 mi
  • Pope-Leighey House: 1.2 mi
  • Woodlawn Mansion: 1.3 mi
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 1.6 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 2.7 mi
  • Pentagon Stones: 3.1 mi
  • Carolltown Historical Marker: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Treehouse: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Table: 4.1 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 5.5 mi
  • Area 4: 7.5 mi
  • Area 5: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 44
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 13.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 14.6 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 14.7 mi
  • West Beach: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 13.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 13.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 14.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 21.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 335°156 m15.4 mi
Mount DanielNNW 343°144 m12.7 mi
Minor's HillN 349°140 m12.8 mi
Freedom HillNNW 333°140 m15.5 mi
Prout HillNNW 339°137 m11.8 mi
Upton HillN 350°125 m10.7 mi
Point RenoN 7°123 m16.0 mi
Spy HillN 353°114 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Five-lined Skink71 obs
  • Common Box Turtle54 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail54 obs
  • Northern Cardinal53 obs
  • Monarch46 obs
  • Huron Skipper40 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • Osprey34 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 way/143784335

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