- Elevation, modelled
- 286 m
- Tallest summit within 14.3 miles
- Poor Mountain1,141 m · 12.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue Ridge Parkway3.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:44local time
- Coordinates
- 37.2768, -79.9496
George Washington Carver Community Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled 286 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Loudon Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of George Washington Carver Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,141 m | 12.4 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,083 m | 11.6 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | W 281° | 998 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 224° | 975 m | 12.3 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 329° | 974 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 224° | 972 m | 12.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | SSW 213° | 961 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | SW 224° | 935 m | 10.2 mi |
- 3.6 mi off the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 28.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 5 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Loudon Park: 0.2 mi
- Roanoke Warehouse Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Perry Park: 0.6 mi
- Day Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
- Round Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Stone Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 3.6 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 0.4 mi
- Rorer Hall: 0.4 mi
- Oscar Micheaux: 0.4 mi
- Hunton Life Saving and First Aid Crew: 0.4 mi
- 28 Wells Avenue, N.W.: 0.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 0.3 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 0.7 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 0.7 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Explore Park: 6.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 8.0 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.9 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 0.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 0.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 1.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 2.3 mi
- The Rock: 6.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 0.4 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 0.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 2.0 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 12.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.6 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.7 mi
- Beale Garden: 5.4 mi
- Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Victory Garden: 23.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 13.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.2 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 15.3 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 16.8 mi
- Camp Creek: 16.9 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.5 mi
- Spring Well #25: 20.8 mi
- Big Spring: 22.5 mi
- Howrytown: 11.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly84 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron47 obs
- Monarch38 obs
- Amur honeysuckle29 obs
- lesser celandine29 obs
- American Robin23 obs
- American pokeweed21 obs
- purple crownvetch21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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