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Shenandoah Park

Shenandoah Park from directly overhead

Shenandoah Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is George Hellwig Memorial Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 14 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.65203, -77.46436

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Howison Homestead: 4.6 mi
  • White Hall Presbyterian Church (ruins): 5.7 mi
  • Greenwood Presbyterian Church (1855): 6.3 mi
  • World Trade Center Steel: 6.4 mi
  • Roll of Honor: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • K1 Speed: 8.5 mi
  • Fluffy Rides: 8.6 mi
  • Bull Run Special Events Center: 11.4 mi
  • Griffin's Battery: 11.5 mi
  • Rickett's Battery: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 55
Peaks: 47
  • Signal Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Choo Choo Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Mount Pone: 10.6 mi
  • Bald Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Chinn Ridge: 11.5 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 34
  • Shelter #9: 10.2 mi
  • Shelter #6: 10.2 mi
  • Shelter #5: 10.2 mi
  • Shelter #3: 10.3 mi
  • Shelter #11: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 32
  • Welcome to Occoquan: 11.3 mi
  • Wildcat: 12.2 mi
  • Wildcat: 12.3 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 14.3 mi
  • The George Mason Statue: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 6
  • Peace Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 17.4 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 17.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • West Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 7.0 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Clifton Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 8.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 9.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.0 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Coe Creek: 7.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildcat MountainWNW 296°417 m22.4 mi
Signal MountainNW 321°413 m20.4 mi
Rappahannock MountainWNW 295°404 m22.6 mi
High Point MountainNW 317°397 m19.5 mi
White RockNW 321°387 m20.6 mi
Chestnut PeakNW 324°374 m20.0 mi
Pignut MountainWNW 298°326 m20.7 mi
Prickly Pear MountainWNW 290°319 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4619:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2516:1116:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787668564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manassas, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal47 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker47 obs
  • Carolina Wren40 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow40 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird36 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow32 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker30 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail30 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/373763728

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