Riddicks Folly Museum
Riddicks Folly Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Baines Hill stands 20 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Constant's Wharf Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 20 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
Named places within 25 miles
- Constant's Wharf Park: 0.1 mi
- Colburn Park: 0.5 mi
- Suffolk Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Downtown Festival Park: 0.6 mi
- Joyner Park: 0.7 mi
- LOVE: 17.2 mi
- Armed Forces Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Homecoming: 17.6 mi
- Waterwork: 17.6 mi
- Revolutionary War Cannons: 17.7 mi
- Friendship Courtyard: 17.0 mi
- Fred Heutte Center: 18.1 mi
- Chesapeake Arboretum Garden: 19.0 mi
- Chesapeake City Arboretum & Nursery: 19.0 mi
- Entrance 5: 19.0 mi
- Great Dismal Swamp Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
- Damion's Cross: 10.8 mi
- Unknown Roadside Memoria: 10.9 mi
- Anne E. McKim Memorial Garden: 14.7 mi
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard's 200th Anniversary: 17.0 mi
- Suffolk Museum: 0.9 mi
- Boykins Tavern Museum: 13.8 mi
- Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum: 16.3 mi
- Railroad Museum of Virginia: 16.9 mi
- Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center: 17.0 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 7.7 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement: 8.1 mi
- Cavalier: 13.2 mi
- Camp Moonya: 13.8 mi
- Cavalier State Wildlife Management Area: 17.8 mi
- Pokey Smokey II: 13.5 mi
- Fresnel Lens from Hog Island Light: 17.2 mi
- Archway: 17.2 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 17.7 mi
- Painting with a Twist: 18.6 mi
- Muskrat Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Brock Point: 3.4 mi
- Mintonville Point: 4.5 mi
- Holly Point: 16.7 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Needle Beach: 17.0 mi
- Huntington Beach: 20.5 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 23.6 mi
- Outlook Beach: 24.7 mi
- Knob Hill: 4.0 mi
- Baines Hill: 11.2 mi
- Round Hill: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 10.4 mi
- Keeper's House: 23.8 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riddicks Folly Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baines Hill | S 186° | 20 m | 11.2 mi |
| Round Hill | WNW 292° | 14 m | 20.6 mi |
| Knob Hill | NNE 12° | 8 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
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 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Suffolk Lake Kilby, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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