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Tara Village Park

Tara Village Park from directly overhead

Tara Village Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 73 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Manchester Lakes Park, a park 0.6 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 4.7 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
73 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.77666, -77.14186

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Manchester Lakes Park: 0.6 mi
  • Franconia Forest Park: 0.9 mi
  • Indian Run Stream Valley Park: 1.1 mi
  • Springfield Forest Park: 1.1 mi
  • Devonshire Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Carolltown Historical Marker: 1.1 mi
  • Dead cyclist Intersection: 3.3 mi
  • Statue of St. Francis: 3.6 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 3.6 mi
  • Mary, the Mother of Jesus: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Peaks: 45
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.6 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 12.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 15.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 15.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 335°156 m11.4 mi
Hunting HillN 352°156 m21.5 mi
Mount DanielNNW 345°144 m8.6 mi
Minor's HillN 354°140 m8.8 mi
Freedom HillNNW 332°140 m11.5 mi
Prout HillNNW 339°137 m7.7 mi
Upton HillN 358°125 m6.7 mi
Point RenoNNE 16°123 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586776817972615042
Precip in2.92.63.53.23.94.24.33.33.93.72.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly94 obs
  • American sweetgum93 obs
  • American pokeweed79 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle79 obs
  • American tuliptree71 obs
  • Virginia creeper58 obs
  • eastern poison ivy58 obs
  • Canada Goose57 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/148658375

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