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Trailside Park

Trailside Park from directly overhead

Trailside Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Beth Miller Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
90 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.05380, -77.50622

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • butterfly Garden: 0.8 mi
  • butterfly garden: 0.9 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Designated Wildflower Zone: 9.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Cooke's Mill: 1.5 mi
  • Fitz A. Campbell Grave: 1.8 mi
  • Carriage House: 4.1 mi
  • Icehouse: 4.1 mi
  • 2-chambered Granary: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 34
  • Smiths Switch Station: 3.1 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 5.0 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 10.9 mi
  • Pony Barn: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic area A: 12.0 mi
Springs: 12
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
  • River Access: 20.4 mi
  • River Access: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 5.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Pua Falls: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 16.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Trailside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paris MountainW 266°587 m22.6 mi
NeersvilleNW 312°467 m19.1 mi
Maryland HeightsNNW 331°444 m22.8 mi
Raven RocksWNW 289°443 m18.6 mi
Short Hill MountainNW 324°441 m18.4 mi
Signal MountainSW 222°413 m15.9 mi
High Point MountainSW 219°397 m17.6 mi
Buzzard HillW 275°397 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4520:0020:40
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal140 obs
  • Monarch102 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel92 obs
  • Great Blue Heron86 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird86 obs
  • House Finch86 obs
  • Pond Slider81 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle80 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/289069573

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