Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18
Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18 is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Garst Mill Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- https://twitter.com/wattsupbrent/status/1000916857434574850
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 4 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 5 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garst Mill Park: 0.1 mi
- Brambleton Park: 1.2 mi
- Bent Tree Dog Park: 1.4 mi
- Shrine Hill Park: 1.7 mi
- Woodland Park: 1.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Stone Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Twelve O'clock Knob: 4.0 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 3.6 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Rorer Hall: 4.2 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 4.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 4.2 mi
- Salem Museum: 4.2 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 4.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 4.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 4.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 1.9 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.1 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 4.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 4.2 mi
- The Solar Wind: 4.5 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 3.3 mi
- Explore Park: 9.1 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 4.3 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 4.3 mi
- Roanoke Star: 4.4 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 9.1 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 12.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 3.9 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 8.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 21.1 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 19.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 12.1 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 12.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 12.7 mi
- Howrytown: 15.2 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,141 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | S 182° | 1,083 m | 8.6 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 300° | 998 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 219° | 975 m | 8.3 mi |
| McAfee Knob | N 352° | 974 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 219° | 972 m | 8.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | SSW 194° | 961 m | 4.8 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NW 305° | 943 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/593496584
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 4 mi
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