Raflo Park
Raflo Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Welcome, the Iconic Hand, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 3.9 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 3.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 13.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 12 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 13 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 0.0 mi
- Sun Flower: 0.0 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 0.0 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 0.0 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 0.1 mi
- Leesburg Quarry (Historical): 0.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 0.3 mi
- County of Loudoun: 0.3 mi
- World War II and Korea Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Loudoun County Court House: 0.5 mi
- Mighty Midget Kitchen: 0.3 mi
- Dodona Manor: 0.4 mi
- George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor: 0.4 mi
- Lightfoot Restaurant: 0.5 mi
- Edwards Landing Lights: 2.2 mi
- Brandon Park: 0.3 mi
- Georgetown Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Regional Park: 0.4 mi
- Douglass Community Center: 0.4 mi
- Olde Isaak Walton Park: 0.5 mi
- Rust Nature Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Morven Park: 2.1 mi
- Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run: 5.8 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park: 6.7 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Waterford Peak: 5.3 mi
- Vesper Hill: 7.4 mi
- Negro Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 0.4 mi
- Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 2.2 mi
- Winmill Carriage Museum: 2.3 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 5.5 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 5.5 mi
- butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- butterfly garden: 5.7 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 8.4 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 11.5 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 7.9 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 9.5 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 10.6 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 15.1 mi
- Pony Barn: 16.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 11.3 mi
- Potts Springs: 13.3 mi
- Harris Springs: 13.3 mi
- Cooper Springs: 13.8 mi
- White Rock Spring: 16.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.0 mi
- Great Falls: 18.3 mi
- Pua Falls: 18.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 21.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 22.0 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 15.1 mi
- River Access: 16.6 mi
- River Access: 17.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 19.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 19.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 21.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 21.1 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Raflo Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Mountain | WSW 255° | 587 m | 20.2 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | N 352° | 536 m | 23.7 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | N 352° | 536 m | 23.7 mi |
| Neersville | NW 309° | 467 m | 14.3 mi |
| Maryland Heights | NNW 333° | 444 m | 18.0 mi |
| Raven Rocks | W 278° | 443 m | 14.7 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | NW 325° | 441 m | 13.5 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SSW 206° | 413 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purcellville, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Spadefoot150 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly102 obs
- American Robin70 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel64 obs
- American pokeweed56 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee56 obs
- Northern Cardinal53 obs
- Eastern Cottontail52 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/141160512
Day trips start here
- Leesburg · 0 mi
- Loudoun County · 4 mi
- Ashburn · 6 mi
- Sterling · 10 mi
- Herndon · 13 mi
- Middleburg · 13 mi
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