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Trailside Park

Trailside Park from directly overhead

Trailside Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynbrook Park, a park 0.4 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.4 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
68 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.78896, -77.17348

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lynbrook Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lee High Park: 0.6 mi
  • Franconia Park: 0.7 mi
  • North Springfield Park: 1.0 mi
  • Franconia Forest Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Carolltown Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 2.7 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.7 mi
  • Statue of St. Michael: 2.7 mi
  • The Cannon: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites
Museums
Gardens
Peaks: 45
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 9.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 11.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 15.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 15.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 17.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 341°156 m10.0 mi
Hunting HillN 356°156 m20.5 mi
Mount DanielN 356°144 m7.5 mi
Minor's HillN 6°140 m7.9 mi
Freedom HillNNW 338°140 m10.0 mi
Prout HillN 351°137 m6.5 mi
Upton HillNNE 14°125 m6.1 mi
Point RenoNNE 25°123 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly49 obs
  • Incised Fumewort45 obs
  • Common Box Turtle44 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle39 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • Monarch29 obs
  • White-tailed Deer28 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake27 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/148658376

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