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Upton Hill Regional Park

Upton Hill Regional Park from directly overhead

Upton Hill Regional Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 113 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Powhatan Springs Park, a park 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.5 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
113 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NOVA Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.87165, -77.14272

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Powhatan Springs Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dominion Hills Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bon Air Park: 0.5 mi
  • Westover Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bluemont Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 0.6 mi
  • Eden Center: 0.6 mi
  • Constitution Park Bell: 1.3 mi
  • Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Gate Fountain: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
Peaks: 44
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 3.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Coe Creek: 15.5 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 16.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.2 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNW 308°156 m6.1 mi
Hunting HillNNW 349°156 m15.0 mi
Black HillNNW 339°148 m23.3 mi
Mount DanielNW 310°144 m2.8 mi
Minor's HillNNW 339°140 m2.4 mi
Freedom HillWNW 303°140 m6.5 mi
Prout HillWNW 284°137 m2.8 mi
Upton HillNW 311°125 m0.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel583 obs
  • American Bullfrog552 obs
  • American Robin490 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander489 obs
  • Red Fox473 obs
  • Northern Cardinal426 obs
  • American tuliptree424 obs
  • Rock Pigeon396 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/131708450

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