Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Bucks Elbow Mountain stands 964 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Albemarle County Public Schools
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 8 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 10 mi
- Sawmill Ridge Overlook · 10 mi
- Sawmill Run Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turners Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Clark Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Gillums Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bear Den Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Newcomb Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 4.5 mi
- Flagler Court: 5.3 mi
- Park at Ivy: 5.4 mi
- Playground: 5.4 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 3.1 mi
- Bear Statue: 3.3 mi
- Mountain Man: 3.5 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 5.3 mi
- Moving Forward: 5.5 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 0.8 mi
- Locust Hill: 0.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 2.3 mi
- Graveyard Site: 5.5 mi
- Lambeth Ruins: 5.8 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 6.1 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 7.6 mi
- Michie Tavern: 8.8 mi
- Monticello: 9.3 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 4.5 mi
- Keunen Garden: 5.3 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 5.4 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Student Garden: 5.6 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 3.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 6.7 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 6.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 11.7 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 18.8 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 12.9 mi
- Coiner Spring: 17.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 19.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 19.4 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 20.1 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 17.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 17.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 18.4 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 19.0 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 12.9 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 13.2 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.3 mi
- South River Falls: 23.0 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 7.6 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 10.0 mi
- Apple Cannon: 15.7 mi
- Endless View Farms: 15.7 mi
- Fear Forest: 23.4 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 13.5 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 18.3 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 18.4 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 1.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 22.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 22.9 mi
- Canada: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | WNW 295° | 964 m | 7.8 mi |
| Calf Mountain | W 280° | 908 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | W 274° | 879 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pasture Fence Mountain | NW 319° | 877 m | 9.4 mi |
| Gibson Mountain | N 353° | 758 m | 10.5 mi |
| Fox Mountain | N 353° | 754 m | 10.5 mi |
| Heard Mountain | SW 218° | 726 m | 11.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 220° | 722 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Free Union, 3 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle13 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail12 obs
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- Christmas fern7 obs
- Ghost Pipe6 obs
- turkey-tail6 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly6 obs
- box elder5 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1037776620
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 8 mi
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