Minor's Hill
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Minor's Hill rises to 140 m in Virginia. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Minor Hill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.6 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Minor's Hill is a geographic eminence located in the western tip of Arlington County, Virginia. Its summit rises to 459 feet (139 meters) above sea level which makes it the highest point in the county. The hill is named after a man named George Minor who lived there at the time of the American Revolutionary War.
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Wikidata Q6869058, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 3.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Minor Hill Park: 0.2 mi
- Little Falls Park: 0.3 mi
- Tuckahoe Park: 0.8 mi
- Joel Jacknow Memorial Meditation Garden: 0.9 mi
- Chestnut Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Powhatan Hills Park: 0.4 mi
- Franklin Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Ballston Wetland Park: 2.5 mi
- Donaldson Run Park: 2.7 mi
- Brick from Auschwitz: Commemorative Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Charles Stewart School (historic): 0.9 mi
- Mount Hope: 1.7 mi
- Carol DeLong: 1.8 mi
- Tinner Hill Monument: 1.9 mi
- Butterfly Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ornamental Tree Garden: 2.3 mi
- BonAir Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Reevesland Learning Garden: 2.7 mi
- Up snd Down: 1.2 mi
- HHHVP: 1.7 mi
- Memory Bricks: 1.7 mi
- The Family: 1.7 mi
- Mustang Statue: 1.8 mi
- Barco Rebar Rehearsal Space: 1.8 mi
- Eden Center: 2.1 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Caboose: 2.5 mi
- Constitution Park Bell: 2.7 mi
- Lock 5: 3.2 mi
- Olney Park: 2.0 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 3.2 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 5.3 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 5.5 mi
- Area 2: 5.8 mi
- James I. Mayer Center for Environmental Education: 2.8 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington: 3.4 mi
- Selfie Wrld: 3.4 mi
- Kreeger Museum: 4.0 mi
- Clara Barton House: 4.5 mi
- Mount Daniel: 1.4 mi
- Upton Hill: 2.1 mi
- Prout Hill: 2.4 mi
- Spy Hill: 2.6 mi
- Munson Hill: 3.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 3.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.0 mi
- Beaver Landing: 22.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Indian Head: 20.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 4.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 5.0 mi
- Great Falls: 8.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 16.4 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.4 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 9.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.2 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 22.8 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Minor's Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 291° | 156 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 350° | 156 m | 12.7 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 339° | 148 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 253° | 144 m | 1.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 287° | 140 m | 4.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 230° | 137 m | 2.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSE 162° | 125 m | 2.1 mi |
| Point Reno | NE 53° | 123 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495955 — Minor Hill, Arlington County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583715
Day trips start here
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 1 mi
- Falls Church · 2 mi
- McLean · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 4 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Southwest · 4 mi
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