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Valley Crest Park

Valley Crest Park from directly overhead

Valley Crest Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Tree Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.7 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
82 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.84739, -77.19603

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • St. Francis of Assisi: 1.0 mi
  • The Cannon: 1.1 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 1.7 mi
  • Statue of St. Michael: 1.7 mi
  • Statue of Mary: 1.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 2.5 mi
  • Eden Center: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Accotink Carousel: 3.8 mi
  • Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 3.8 mi
  • Constitution Park Bell: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
Museums
Peaks: 47
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 6.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Coe Creek: 12.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Indian Springs: 19.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 16.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 16.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 18.5 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 340°156 m5.7 mi
Hunting HillN 360°156 m16.4 mi
Black HillNNW 347°148 m24.1 mi
Mount DanielNNE 12°144 m3.5 mi
Minor's HillNNE 28°140 m4.4 mi
Freedom HillNNW 334°140 m5.8 mi
Prout HillN 5°137 m2.3 mi
Upton HillNE 55°125 m3.2 mi

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–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, 6 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle104 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage90 obs
  • mayapple87 obs
  • American holly82 obs
  • eastern poison ivy80 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty80 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander79 obs
  • lesser celandine76 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/486715674

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