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Nell Boone Park

Nell Boone Park from directly overhead

Nell Boone Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Loudoun Heights, a peak 1.5 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 2.1 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
177 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.29042, -77.72113

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
  • Virginius Island Cotton/Flour Mill Ruins: 2.2 mi
  • Shenandoah River Bridge: 2.2 mi
  • Cotton/Flour Mill Intake Arches: 2.3 mi
  • B&O - Harpers Ferry Bollman Bridge: 2.3 mi
  • Heyward Shepherd Monument: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Harpers Ferry Children's Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bolivar Community Park: 2.8 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Town Green Park: 4.3 mi
  • Town Square Park: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 58
Museums: 43
Artworks: 31
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 11
  • Native Pollinator Meadow: 10.2 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Four Square Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 19.1 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 20.8 mi
Springs: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Dargan Bend: 5.2 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 13.1 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Smiths Switch Station: 22.9 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 7.5 mi
  • River Access: 13.2 mi
  • River Access: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Old Dam Waterfall: 11.0 mi
  • Pua Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paris MountainSSW 212°587 m21.0 mi
Salamander RockNNE 32°562 m23.3 mi
Black RockNNE 19°549 m20.6 mi
Annapolis RockNNE 19°538 m19.6 mi
Lambs KnollNNE 25°536 m12.0 mi
Lambs KnollNNE 25°536 m12.0 mi
Black RockNNE 32°526 m24.4 mi
Pine KnobNNE 21°518 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4520:0120:42
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2816:0916:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526170747366544435
Precip in3.12.43.73.64.64.24.33.34.43.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Christmas fern57 obs
  • Pharaoh Cicada55 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage44 obs
  • northern spicebush41 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander38 obs
  • box elder35 obs
  • common milkweed35 obs
  • common pawpaw31 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/555009473

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