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North Springfield Park

North Springfield Park from directly overhead

North Springfield Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Edsall Park, a park 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 7.2 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80000, -77.18678

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Statue of Mary: 1.7 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 1.7 mi
  • Statue of St. Michael: 1.7 mi
  • The Cannon: 2.2 mi
  • St. Francis of Assisi: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites
Museums
Peaks: 45
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 10.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 15.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 15.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 16.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 344°156 m9.0 mi
Hunting HillN 358°156 m19.7 mi
Mount DanielN 2°144 m6.7 mi
Minor's HillNNE 12°140 m7.3 mi
Freedom HillNNW 340°140 m9.0 mi
Prout HillN 357°137 m5.6 mi
Upton HillNNE 23°125 m5.6 mi
Point RenoNNE 30°123 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

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, 8 mi away.

  • lesser celandine63 obs
  • Summer snowflake55 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty55 obs
  • Common Box Turtle53 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle50 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum49 obs
  • Monarch47 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly47 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 way/143794255

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