Owl Orchard Community Garden
Owl Orchard Community Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Swansboro Community Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 20 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City Of Richmond Recreation & Parks
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Wayside Spring Park: 0.7 mi
- Forest Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- JRPS - Archer Island: 0.9 mi
- James River Park System Main Area: 0.9 mi
- JRPS Texas Beach Park: 1.2 mi
- Abandoned Netherwood Quarry: 0.8 mi
- Abandoned Smith Quarry: 0.8 mi
- Abandoned Quarry (JF & AJ Bradley Property): 0.9 mi
- Abandoned Quarry (Middendorf Quarry): 0.9 mi
- Foushee-Ritchie Mill: 1.2 mi
- Dooley sundial: 1.4 mi
- Park Guardian II: 2.4 mi
- Cardinal Points: 2.4 mi
- Nate's Bagels: 2.5 mi
- The Mill: 2.5 mi
- Eppa Hunton's Grave: 1.7 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 1.7 mi
- Jefferson Davis's Grave: 1.8 mi
- Claude A. Swanson's Grave: 1.8 mi
- J. L. M. Curry's Grave: 1.8 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sankofa Community Orchard: 0.6 mi
- McDonough Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- American Civil War Museum: 2.5 mi
- The Richmond Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: 2.9 mi
- Virginia Museum of History and Culture: 3.0 mi
- Virginia Center for Architecture: 3.1 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 0.6 mi
- Wayside Spring: 0.6 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 1.3 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 1.4 mi
- Dogwood Dell Spring: 1.7 mi
- Gambles Hill: 2.6 mi
- Shooters Hill: 9.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 11.9 mi
- Sliding Hill: 12.2 mi
- Blanco Mount: 14.2 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 2.3 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Point of Rocks: 15.9 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
- New Market Park: 10.4 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 12.9 mi
- Amelia: 22.3 mi
- Amelia Wildlife Management Area: 23.5 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 9.5 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 19.0 mi
- Lorraine: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owl Orchard Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | WNW 296° | 92 m | 16.8 mi |
| Shooters Hill | WNW 296° | 69 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sliding Hill | N 10° | 63 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gambles Hill | NE 54° | 44 m | 2.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 74° | 43 m | 11.9 mi |
| Malvern Hill | ESE 121° | 41 m | 15.6 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | SE 125° | 28 m | 22.3 mi |
| Blanco Mount | SE 138° | 25 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 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, 9 mi away.
- mayapple329 obs
- common pawpaw226 obs
- Canada Goose212 obs
- White-tailed Deer211 obs
- Great Blue Heron185 obs
- Common Watersnake181 obs
- Fowler's Toad172 obs
- red deadnettle159 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/1037193429
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