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University Park

University Park from directly overhead

University Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Clock Tower, a park 0.6 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 10 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.82714, -77.29796

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clock Tower: 0.6 mi
  • Ted Grefe Park: 0.8 mi
  • School Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Tree: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Tree: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • The George Mason Statue: 0.6 mi
  • UV HOTBOX GRAFF: 1.0 mi
  • Horse head: 4.4 mi
  • Unnamed Puppy Dog: 4.5 mi
  • Heavy Load: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 0.7 mi
  • St. Michael: 2.8 mi
  • Pieta: 3.1 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.2 mi
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area 3: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 7.4 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 54
Springs: 10
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 18.7 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Peace Spring: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 12.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 7.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 16.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 10.6 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.6 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 16.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 280°413 m22.1 mi
High Point MountainW 275°397 m22.5 mi
White RockW 280°387 m22.2 mi
Chestnut PeakW 281°374 m21.1 mi
Griffin MountainW 281°295 m24.1 mi
Biscuit MountainW 268°268 m22.6 mi
Hogback MountainNW 318°187 m24.9 mi
Luntsfords MountainWSW 255°171 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:38
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel231 obs
  • Canada Goose226 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail152 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly152 obs
  • Great Blue Heron142 obs
  • Northern Cardinal141 obs
  • American holly134 obs
  • American tuliptree121 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/142265173

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