Fonticello Food Forest
Fonticello Food Forest is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fonticello Lithia Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 20 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Carter Jones Park: 0.1 mi
- Canoe Run Park: 0.5 mi
- Forest Hill Park: 0.7 mi
- Alice Fitz Park: 0.7 mi
- Oak Grove Playground: 1.1 mi
- Canal Lock Ruins: 0.6 mi
- Civil War Gun Pits: 0.8 mi
- VEPCO Hydro Plant Millrace: 0.8 mi
- Quarry Ruins: 0.9 mi
- Iron Foundry Ruins: 0.9 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 1.0 mi
- Eppa Hunton's Grave: 1.0 mi
- Jefferson Davis's Grave: 1.1 mi
- J. L. M. Curry's Grave: 1.1 mi
- Claude A. Swanson's Grave: 1.1 mi
- The Mill: 1.5 mi
- Park Guardian II: 1.5 mi
- Dooley sundial: 1.5 mi
- Park Guardian I: 1.8 mi
- Corporate Presence: 1.8 mi
- McDonough Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Alice Fitz Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- The Richmond Railroad Museum: 1.4 mi
- American Civil War Museum: 1.5 mi
- First Freedom Center: 1.9 mi
- Virginia Holocaust Museum: 2.0 mi
- Edgar Allan Poe Museum: 2.1 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 0.1 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 0.5 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 0.9 mi
- Wayside Spring: 1.5 mi
- Byrd Park Spring: 1.9 mi
- Gambles Hill: 1.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 10.6 mi
- Shooters Hill: 10.7 mi
- Sliding Hill: 12.0 mi
- Blanco Mount: 13.4 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 8.4 mi
- New Market Park: 9.4 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 12.5 mi
- Amelia: 23.7 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 24.4 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 1.1 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Point of Rocks: 15.3 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 8.9 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 17.6 mi
- Lorraine: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fonticello Food Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | WNW 294° | 92 m | 18.0 mi |
| Shooters Hill | WNW 292° | 69 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sliding Hill | N 4° | 63 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gambles Hill | NNE 28° | 44 m | 1.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 72° | 43 m | 10.6 mi |
| Malvern Hill | SE 125° | 41 m | 14.6 mi |
| Minitree Hill | E 101° | 36 m | 24.0 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | SE 127° | 28 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron422 obs
- red deadnettle375 obs
- Canada Goose347 obs
- common pawpaw270 obs
- Common Watersnake265 obs
- mayapple255 obs
- White-tailed Deer248 obs
- Mallard224 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1066468266
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