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Robert D Morrison Garden

Robert D Morrison Garden from directly overhead

Robert D Morrison Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. High Peak stands 876 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Piano, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Lynchburg
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.41825, -79.14599

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Biggers Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cliff's Edge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark: 0.3 mi
  • Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Donna Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 22
  • Lynchburg Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Amazement Square: 0.3 mi
  • Legacy Museum of African American History: 0.5 mi
  • Pest House Medical Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 18
Gardens: 17
  • Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Yoder Center Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Daniel's Hill Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Diamond Hill Center Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Haskins Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 9
Springs: 7
  • Marble Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Hollins Mill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
  • Claytor Nature Center: 21.8 mi
  • Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Robert D Morrison Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PeakNNW 347°876 m10.5 mi
Tobacco Row MountainNNW 347°876 m10.5 mi
No Business MountainWNW 286°837 m13.1 mi
Rocky MountainWNW 289°712 m11.6 mi
Shady MountainN 357°687 m13.8 mi
Banks MountainNNW 341°657 m17.5 mi
Big Piney MountainNNW 328°649 m17.9 mi
Fleming MountainWNW 284°645 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5720:0320:41
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2816:2217:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845556371757467564638
Precip in3.42.93.73.64.24.04.13.63.93.43.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle383 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly74 obs
  • Eurasian Drone Fly52 obs
  • Huron Skipper51 obs
  • Margined Calligrapher44 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail42 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher41 obs
  • Groundhog40 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/552618469

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