Shields Tavern Garden
Shields Tavern Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Minitree Hill stands 36 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Purdie Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Parkway passes 0.3 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Apothecary: 0.1 mi
- Wigmaker: 0.1 mi
- Charlton's Coffeehouse: 0.1 mi
- Raleigh Tavern: 0.1 mi
- Weatherburn's Tavern: 0.1 mi
- Palace Green: 0.4 mi
- Capitol Landing Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.6 mi
- Quarterpath Park: 0.8 mi
- Quarterpath Villiage Park: 0.9 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.6 mi
- Documents of Freedom: 0.6 mi
- Galt: 0.6 mi
- Lord Botetourt: 0.7 mi
- Girl with Butterfly: 0.6 mi
- Fraga Magna Rotabila: 0.6 mi
- Slice in Time: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Waxwing: 0.6 mi
- James Blair: 0.9 mi
- Alexander Purdie Garden: 0.0 mi
- King’s Arms Tavern Garden: 0.0 mi
- Palmer House Garden: 0.0 mi
- Alexander Craig House Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pasteur & Galt Apothecary Shop Garden: 0.1 mi
- Williamsburg Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Tinsmith Museum of America: 0.5 mi
- Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg: 0.5 mi
- Muscarelle Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum: 2.4 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Pipsico Reservation: 11.4 mi
- Wahrani Nature Trail: 18.3 mi
- Game Farm Marsh: 19.4 mi
- Kittewan: 20.3 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 3.8 mi
- Fossil Beach: 9.7 mi
- Seining Beach: 10.0 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 10.7 mi
- Beach Area: 16.1 mi
- Mount Folly: 11.6 mi
- Church Hill: 14.4 mi
- Pig Hill: 15.3 mi
- Minitree Hill: 22.2 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 8.9 mi
- York River Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Holly Point: 21.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shields Tavern Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minitree Hill | NW 304° | 36 m | 22.2 mi |
| Church Hill | NNE 21° | 30 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pig Hill | NE 47° | 21 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Folly | NNW 348° | 6 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 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 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsburg 2 N, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel264 obs
- Northern Cardinal186 obs
- Eastern Bluebird151 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail133 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk120 obs
- White-tailed Deer119 obs
- Fiery Skipper118 obs
- American Robin112 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/1191294375
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