South Lakes Drive Park
South Lakes Drive Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 133 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunters Woods Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 133 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fairfax County Park Authority
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 7 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 7 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 7 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunters Woods Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Shadowood Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Southgate Community Center: 0.5 mi
- Bordeaux Area: 0.7 mi
- Hunter Woods Park: 0.7 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Vernon J. Walker Nature Center: 1.2 mi
- Ashgrove Historic Site Park: 5.7 mi
- Bells Bird Sanctuary Park: 6.7 mi
- Fairfax Villa Park: 6.7 mi
- Pony Barn: 0.7 mi
- Picnic area D: 2.8 mi
- Picnic area A: 2.9 mi
- Picnic area B: 2.9 mi
- Picnic area C: 2.9 mi
- The Farm at Halley Rise: 0.7 mi
- Fred Packard Grove: 3.8 mi
- Korean Bell Garden: 3.8 mi
- Native Wetlands & Bog Garden: 3.8 mi
- Historic Daylily Collection: 3.8 mi
- Buoyant Force: 1.4 mi
- sculpture garden: 2.1 mi
- ART studio/gallery: 2.2 mi
- Pyramid: 2.2 mi
- Unnamed Puppy Dog: 5.0 mi
- Pupatella Car: 1.4 mi
- Wolf Trap National Park West Lot: 4.8 mi
- Fluffy Rides: 5.3 mi
- The Caboose: 5.5 mi
- Freeman House Historic Site: 5.5 mi
- Robert E Simon: 2.2 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 2.3 mi
- Dennis Crook Memorial Bench: 2.3 mi
- Ox Road Path: 3.2 mi
- Ox Road Ford Remnants: 3.6 mi
- Reston Museum: 2.2 mi
- Herndon Depot Museum: 2.7 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 4.0 mi
- Colvin Run Mill: 4.0 mi
- Colvin Run Mill House: 4.0 mi
- Freedom Hill: 6.2 mi
- Nokes Hill: 6.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 6.7 mi
- Gantt Hill: 6.7 mi
- Rock Hill: 7.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 17.9 mi
- White Rock Spring: 18.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 19.0 mi
- Harmony Spring: 21.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 6.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 6.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 14.1 mi
- Beaver Landing: 22.5 mi
- Great Falls: 6.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 14.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 11.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 11.7 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.8 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of South Lakes Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | WSW 258° | 413 m | 19.0 mi |
| High Point Mountain | WSW 254° | 397 m | 20.0 mi |
| White Rock | WSW 259° | 387 m | 19.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 355° | 387 m | 22.4 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | WSW 258° | 374 m | 17.9 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NW 326° | 361 m | 20.6 mi |
| Griffin Mountain | W 261° | 295 m | 20.8 mi |
| Biscuit Mountain | WSW 246° | 268 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:09 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer4,123 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,622 obs
- House Sparrow1,584 obs
- American Robin1,461 obs
- Northern Cardinal1,382 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk972 obs
- Eastern Bluebird905 obs
- Song Sparrow801 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/147942009
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