Appomattox Riverside Park
Appomattox Riverside Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Gunns Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Appomattox River Canoe Launch, a park 1.9 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 1.9 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 24 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Appomattox River Canoe Launch: 1.9 mi
- Matoaca Park: 2.1 mi
- Pamplin Historical Park: 2.5 mi
- Petersburg National Battlefield Park: 2.8 mi
- Ettrick Park: 3.6 mi
- Fort Gregg, Petersburg National Battlefield: 2.7 mi
- Sixth Maryland Infantry: 3.1 mi
- Peter Jones Trading Station: 4.5 mi
- Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Dinwiddie County Confederate Soldiers Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Big Bike: 17.1 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 17.7 mi
- Dooley sundial: 21.5 mi
- The Mill: 21.7 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 21.7 mi
- Virginia Motorsports Park: 4.5 mi
- Henricus: 12.7 mi
- Parrots: 18.8 mi
- Bats: 18.8 mi
- Klipspringer & King Vulture: 18.8 mi
- Historical Education Center: 2.8 mi
- The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier: 2.8 mi
- Battlefield Center: 3.0 mi
- Siege Museum: 4.6 mi
- Farmers' Bank Museum: 4.7 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Sankofa Community Orchard: 19.8 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Beaufont Springs: 19.6 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 20.4 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 20.5 mi
- Wayside Spring: 20.8 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 20.9 mi
- Blanco Mount: 13.7 mi
- Kimages Hill: 16.8 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 18.0 mi
- Malvern Hill: 18.2 mi
- Gunns Hill: 19.4 mi
- Point of Rocks: 10.5 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 10.0 mi
- New Market Park: 16.8 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 19.5 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 20.2 mi
- Kittewan: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 13.7 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 22.8 mi
- Carson Safety Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Lorraine: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Appomattox Riverside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunns Hill | SW 224° | 107 m | 19.4 mi |
| Gambles Hill | N 6° | 44 m | 21.9 mi |
| Malvern Hill | NE 49° | 41 m | 18.2 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ENE 68° | 28 m | 20.0 mi |
| Blanco Mount | NE 46° | 25 m | 13.7 mi |
| Lamptie Hill | NE 54° | 24 m | 18.0 mi |
| Kimages Hill | ENE 60° | 17 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage22 obs
- fire pink22 obs
- Northern Cottonmouth20 obs
- mayapple16 obs
- Prothonotary Warbler15 obs
- Virginia saxifrage15 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink14 obs
- Blue Corporal14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/315994528
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