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Washington Mill Park

Washington Mill Park from directly overhead

Washington Mill Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden Mulch Supply, a garden 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.0 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.70922, -77.10662

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 0.5 mi
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 1.0 mi
  • Lower Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 1.8 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • Slave Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 1.7 mi
  • Belvoir Manor: 2.4 mi
  • Pentagon Stones: 3.6 mi
Attractions
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 1.0 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 1.1 mi
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 1.1 mi
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 1.2 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 1.3 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Treehouse: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Table: 4.7 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 5.3 mi
  • Area 4: 8.4 mi
  • Area 5: 8.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 43
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 14.0 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 14.5 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 14.5 mi
  • West Beach: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 13.7 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 13.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Coe Creek: 14.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 336°156 m16.4 mi
Mount DanielNNW 343°144 m13.6 mi
Minor's HillNNW 348°140 m13.7 mi
Freedom HillNNW 334°140 m16.5 mi
Prout HillNNW 339°137 m12.8 mi
Upton HillN 349°125 m11.6 mi
Point RenoN 6°123 m16.9 mi
Spy HillN 351°114 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4519:5720:37
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 °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Five-lined Skink66 obs
  • Common Box Turtle49 obs
  • Northern Cardinal47 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail42 obs
  • Huron Skipper42 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly36 obs
  • Bald Eagle34 obs
  • Osprey34 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/143784338

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