Jenny Russell Giving Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Jenny Russell Giving Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Church Hill stands 30 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Trap Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 4.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Yorkminster Presbyterian Church
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Trap Park: 0.6 mi
- Chisman Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- McReynolds Athletic Complex (MAC): 1.6 mi
- Newport News Park: 1.9 mi
- Zook Field: 2.5 mi
- Abandoned sand mine and dump: 3.0 mi
- Lighthouse Service Bell: 3.3 mi
- Grace Church 1634 location: 3.3 mi
- Olde Yorke Village Site: 3.3 mi
- Civil War Howitzer: 3.4 mi
- Reinvented: 5.8 mi
- TRADOC Emblem: 5.8 mi
- Memory of Green: 5.8 mi
- Cast Bronze by M Cleveland: 6.2 mi
- The Winner: 6.8 mi
- USS Monitor: 7.9 mi
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 9.0 mi
- Roman Rapids: 10.5 mi
- The Trade Wind: 10.6 mi
- Festa Italia: 10.6 mi
- Aids to Navigation Museum: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Center: 3.9 mi
- Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center: 4.7 mi
- Museum on Main: 5.1 mi
- Watermen's Museum: 5.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 4.4 mi
- Hampton Roads Garden: 8.0 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Greer Garden: 12.4 mi
- Buckroe Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 5.1 mi
- Huntington Beach: 10.6 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 11.3 mi
- Grandview Beach: 12.5 mi
- Outlook Beach: 14.3 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 12.8 mi
- Mathews County Land Conservancy: 15.1 mi
- Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 22.2 mi
- York River Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Holly Point: 14.1 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 15.2 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 24.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 24.7 mi
- Pig Hill: 17.6 mi
- Church Hill: 21.8 mi
- Mount Folly: 23.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 14.6 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jenny Russell Giving Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill | NNW 341° | 30 m | 21.8 mi |
| Pig Hill | N 356° | 21 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Folly | NW 321° | 6 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- Fowler's Toad130 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail81 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk36 obs
- Monarch32 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- Common Watersnake27 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail27 obs
- American Lady26 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.
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