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Willow Woods Park

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Willow Woods Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Signal Mountain stands 413 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Michael, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 9.6 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Fairfax County Park Authority

How to reach it

Coordinates38.82198, -77.24788

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • St. Michael: 0.7 mi
  • Pieta: 1.3 mi
  • St. Francis: 1.3 mi
  • The Pines: 2.4 mi
  • Statue of St. Michael: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Red Fox Forest Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ashford East Park: 0.8 mi
  • Long Branch Falls Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kings Park Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wakefield Chapel Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area 3: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 7.1 mi
  • Olney Park: 7.1 mi
  • Area 5: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 49
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 10.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Coe Creek: 9.0 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 22.7 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 13.3 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 13.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 16.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 16.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal MountainW 280°413 m24.8 mi
White RockW 280°387 m24.9 mi
Chestnut PeakW 281°374 m23.8 mi
Gantt HillN 6°156 m7.2 mi
Hunting HillN 8°156 m18.4 mi
Mount DanielNE 34°144 m6.3 mi
Freedom HillN 2°140 m7.0 mi
Minor's HillNE 41°140 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
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, 5 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal235 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker153 obs
  • House Finch145 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel138 obs
  • Creek Chub119 obs
  • lesser celandine111 obs
  • American Goldfinch94 obs
  • Mourning Dove93 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/142265179

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