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Sun Valley Park

Sun Valley Park from directly overhead

Sun Valley Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 63 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tamarack Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 3.3 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
63 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94094, -77.29137

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Fred Packard Grove: 0.4 mi
  • Conifer Collection: 0.4 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 0.4 mi
  • Korean Bell Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Historic Daylily Collection: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Filene Center Lawns: 1.4 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic area D: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic area C: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic area B: 2.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • sculpture garden: 3.2 mi
  • ART studio/gallery: 3.2 mi
  • Pyramid: 3.3 mi
  • Buoyant Force: 4.0 mi
  • Mustang Statue: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 59
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 10.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.0 mi
  • Coe Creek: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 14.2 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 14.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 260°413 m22.5 mi
High Point MountainWSW 256°397 m23.5 mi
White RockW 260°387 m22.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 346°387 m22.9 mi
Chestnut PeakW 260°374 m21.4 mi
Waterford PeakNW 318°361 m22.7 mi
Griffin MountainW 262°295 m24.3 mi
Biscuit MountainWSW 249°268 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536270757467554537
Precip in3.32.63.83.44.34.14.33.54.23.53.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer1,083 obs
  • Red Fox549 obs
  • Northern Cardinal500 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail374 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird314 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel275 obs
  • American Robin261 obs
  • Monarch261 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356600633

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