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Pohick Estates Park

Pohick Estates Park from directly overhead

Pohick Estates Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Southgate Park, a park 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.0 miles off. 45 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
Coordinates38.71552, -77.19964

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Southgate Park: 0.2 mi
  • Anderson Park: 1.3 mi
  • Lorton Park: 1.4 mi
  • Raceway Farms Playground: 1.4 mi
  • Saratoga Park: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Table: 1.2 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 3.2 mi
  • Veterans Park: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.2 mi
  • Treehouse: 6.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 4.6 mi
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Garden: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks: 45
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 10.5 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 10.7 mi
  • West Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 8.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 10.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 10.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Takoma Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillN 353°156 m14.6 mi
Mount DanielN 4°144 m12.6 mi
Minor's HillN 10°140 m13.2 mi
Freedom HillN 351°140 m14.5 mi
Prout HillN 2°137 m11.5 mi
Upton HillNNE 15°125 m11.3 mi
Point RenoNNE 22°123 m17.6 mi
Spy HillNNE 17°114 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
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, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Redbreast Sunfish100 obs
  • Common Box Turtle55 obs
  • American Toad55 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly54 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs
  • Green Sunfish33 obs
  • Red Fox32 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth30 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/147028511

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