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Old Centreville Road Park

Old Centreville Road Park from directly overhead

Old Centreville Road Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is First Battle of Manassas, a park 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.83489, -77.42890

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • First Battle of Manassas: 0.7 mi
  • Centre Ridge North Park: 1.1 mi
  • Centreville Farms Community Association: 1.2 mi
  • Braddock Park: 1.2 mi
  • Centre Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Wildcat: 1.1 mi
  • Wildcat: 1.2 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 2.8 mi
  • Maze: 3.0 mi
  • Horse head: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 1.3 mi
  • Shelter #7: 3.7 mi
  • Shelter #9: 3.7 mi
  • Shelter #6: 3.8 mi
  • Shelter #5: 3.9 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Springs: 9
  • White Rock Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Peace Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.9 mi
  • West Beach: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 8.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 11.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 3.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 4.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Old Centreville Road Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildcat MountainW 263°417 m22.3 mi
Signal MountainWNW 282°413 m15.1 mi
Rappahannock MountainW 262°404 m22.7 mi
High Point MountainW 276°397 m15.4 mi
White RockWNW 283°387 m15.2 mi
Chestnut PeakWNW 285°374 m14.1 mi
Pignut MountainW 262°326 m20.3 mi
Prickly Pear MountainWSW 258°319 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4619:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2516:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574638
Precip in2.92.63.53.54.74.34.13.53.93.63.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly145 obs
  • mayapple133 obs
  • Northern Cardinal128 obs
  • Mourning Dove96 obs
  • House Sparrow93 obs
  • bloodroot89 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel80 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle79 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/144831180

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