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Waterfall Park

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Waterfall Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
155 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86539, -77.66694

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Battle of Buckland Mills: 6.1 mi
  • Swart Farmhouse: 6.4 mi
  • Second Manassas Monument: 6.8 mi
  • 14th Brooklyn Monument: 7.4 mi
  • New York Regiment: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Gardens: 45
Artworks: 31
  • Carol: 3.4 mi
  • Sundial: 13.3 mi
  • Wildcat: 14.0 mi
  • Wildcat: 14.1 mi
  • Maze: 14.6 mi
Museums: 26
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 9.3 mi
  • Shelter #11: 10.4 mi
  • Shelter #1: 10.5 mi
Springs: 11
  • White Rock Spring: 2.4 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 7
  • River Access: 21.7 mi
  • River Access: 21.8 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 24.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 24.3 mi
  • West Beach: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 10.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 18.8 mi
  • Pua Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 10.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Waterfall Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainWNW 288°674 m20.2 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 270°644 m20.2 mi
ParisWNW 295°590 m19.8 mi
Paris MountainNW 310°587 m18.1 mi
Big Cobbler MountainW 263°476 m15.5 mi
Naked MountainWNW 282°448 m17.4 mi
Raven RocksNNW 335°443 m21.0 mi
Little Cobbler MountainW 271°441 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4620:0020:40
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2616:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 12 mi away.

  • Eastern Newt62 obs
  • mountain laurel42 obs
  • Green Frog40 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander39 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain38 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard36 obs
  • pink lady's slipper36 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle33 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 node/356599610

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