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Sleepy Hollow Park

Sleepy Hollow Park from directly overhead

Sleepy Hollow Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 70 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bel Air Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.0 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
70 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.86066, -77.16768

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bel Air Park: 0.3 mi
  • John C & Margaret K White Garden Park: 0.4 mi
  • Westlawn School Site Park: 0.8 mi
  • Jefferson Village Park: 0.9 mi
  • Azalea Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Fort Buffalo: 0.9 mi
  • Zig Zag Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Tinner Hill Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Carol DeLong: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Hope: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Eden Center: 1.2 mi
  • Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 1.3 mi
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 2.1 mi
  • Constitution Park Bell: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Accotink Carousel: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites
Peaks: 46
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 5.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 14.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 17.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNW 322°156 m5.7 mi
Hunting HillN 354°156 m15.6 mi
Black HillNNW 343°148 m23.6 mi
Mount DanielNNW 343°144 m2.7 mi
Minor's HillN 10°140 m3.0 mi
Freedom HillNW 317°140 m5.9 mi
Prout HillNW 317°137 m1.9 mi
Upton HillNE 51°125 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander203 obs
  • American pokeweed154 obs
  • American holly145 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage144 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle142 obs
  • American Robin126 obs
  • garlic mustard126 obs
  • American tuliptree125 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/251234441

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