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Van Dyck Park

Van Dyck Park from directly overhead

Van Dyck Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bells Bird Sanctuary Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 8.5 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
110 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85344, -77.29957

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Town Square: 0.6 mi
  • Shiloh Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pat Rodio Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ashby Pond Conservatory: 0.8 mi
  • Stafford Drive Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Confucius: 1.8 mi
  • Fairfax County 9/11 Memorial Grove Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Pieta: 3.2 mi
  • St. Francis: 3.2 mi
  • The Pines: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 6.0 mi
  • Pony Barn: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 55
Springs: 11
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 17.9 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 11.6 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 9.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 10.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 4

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 275°413 m21.8 mi
High Point MountainW 271°397 m22.3 mi
White RockW 276°387 m21.9 mi
Chestnut PeakW 276°374 m20.7 mi
Griffin MountainW 277°295 m23.7 mi
Biscuit MountainW 264°268 m22.7 mi
Hogback MountainNW 315°187 m23.5 mi
Steptoe HillWNW 302°176 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
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, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel510 obs
  • Red Fox314 obs
  • Northern Cardinal306 obs
  • Common Raccoon188 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly188 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle187 obs
  • Mourning Dove171 obs
  • Canada Goose169 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/49362640

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