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Oakborough Square Park

Oakborough Square Park from directly overhead

Oakborough Square Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Heart Haven Meditation Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 6.8 miles off. 57 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
Coordinates38.88314, -77.30565

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Kearny and Stevens Monuments: 3.7 mi
  • Confucius: 3.7 mi
  • Pieta: 4.5 mi
  • St. Francis: 4.5 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Pony Barn: 4.3 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic area D: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic area C: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 57
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.3 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.4 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 11.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 270°413 m21.4 mi
High Point MountainW 265°397 m22.0 mi
White RockW 270°387 m21.4 mi
Chestnut PeakW 271°374 m20.3 mi
Griffin MountainW 272°295 m23.3 mi
Biscuit MountainWSW 258°268 m22.7 mi
Hogback MountainNW 312°187 m21.9 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 298°176 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wavyleaf basketgrass237 obs
  • Japanese barberry140 obs
  • lesser celandine139 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage138 obs
  • garlic mustard131 obs
  • mayapple117 obs
  • Christmas fern115 obs
  • White-tailed Deer114 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/147416639

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