Saucy Branch Park
Saucy Branch Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 91 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewinsville Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 1.8 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 91 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 2.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lewinsville Park: 0.3 mi
- Pathfinder Park: 0.4 mi
- Bryn Mawr Park: 0.6 mi
- Elm Street Park: 0.8 mi
- McLean Knolls Park: 0.9 mi
- Olney Park: 0.9 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 3.3 mi
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 4.3 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 4.5 mi
- Capital One Sculpture Garden: 1.5 mi
- Butterfly Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 3.5 mi
- Demonstration Native Plant Garden: 4.2 mi
- Demonstration Vegetable Garden: 4.2 mi
- Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Mount Hope: 2.8 mi
- Charles Stewart School (historic): 2.8 mi
- Burling Defenders: 2.9 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 3.0 mi
- Franklin Woods Park: 1.7 mi
- Powhatan Hills Park: 1.8 mi
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Langley Oaks Park: 2.6 mi
- Turkey Run Park: 2.9 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 1.9 mi
- Clara Barton House: 3.7 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 4.3 mi
- Freeman Store & Museum: 4.5 mi
- Kreeger Museum: 5.2 mi
- Mustang Statue: 2.0 mi
- Kryptos: 2.8 mi
- A-12 Oxcart: 2.9 mi
- Up snd Down: 3.0 mi
- HHHVP: 3.7 mi
- Mount Daniel: 2.0 mi
- Minor's Hill: 2.1 mi
- Gantt Hill: 2.5 mi
- Freedom Hill: 3.1 mi
- Prout Hill: 3.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 4.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 4.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.8 mi
- Beaver Landing: 23.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 3.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 3.0 mi
- Great Falls: 6.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 16.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 16.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.7 mi
- Indian Head: 22.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.8 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saucy Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 269° | 156 m | 2.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 357° | 156 m | 11.0 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 342° | 148 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Daniel | S 175° | 144 m | 2.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SE 137° | 140 m | 2.1 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 266° | 140 m | 3.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | S 187° | 137 m | 3.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSE 149° | 125 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.
- American Robin143 obs
- Northern Cardinal136 obs
- House Sparrow125 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly117 obs
- White-tailed Deer97 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel97 obs
- Canada Goose83 obs
- Mourning Dove76 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/153130272
Day trips start here
- McLean · 1 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 2 mi
- Tysons · 2 mi
- Falls Church · 3 mi
- Arlington · 5 mi
- Vienna · 5 mi
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