Bensley Park
Bensley Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Falling Creek Wayside Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 14 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Falling Creek Wayside Park: 0.8 mi
- Falling Creek Park: 1.3 mi
- Fort Stevens Park: 1.9 mi
- 39th Illinois Historic Site: 2.1 mi
- Salem Church Mini Park: 3.2 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 3.3 mi
- Big Bike: 6.4 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 7.3 mi
- I Can't Breathe: 7.3 mi
- The Mill: 7.3 mi
- Fort Hoke: 3.3 mi
- Fort Harrison: 4.0 mi
- Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Fort Brady: 5.3 mi
- Canal Lock Ruins: 6.7 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- McDonough Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Henricus: 5.9 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 7.2 mi
- Eppa Hunton's Grave: 7.2 mi
- Jefferson Davis's Grave: 7.2 mi
- J. L. M. Curry's Grave: 7.2 mi
- Clarke-Palmore House Museum: 5.7 mi
- The Richmond Railroad Museum: 6.8 mi
- Chimborazo Medical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Holocaust Museum: 7.2 mi
- Edgar Allan Poe Museum: 7.3 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 6.2 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 6.5 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 6.6 mi
- Chimborazo Spring: 6.9 mi
- Wayside Spring: 6.9 mi
- Gambles Hill: 7.6 mi
- Blanco Mount: 8.7 mi
- Malvern Hill: 11.5 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 12.8 mi
- Turkey Hill: 13.2 mi
- New Market Park: 6.5 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 6.6 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 10.3 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 20.0 mi
- Kittewan: 22.9 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 7.0 mi
- Point of Rocks: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 3.8 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 9.5 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 17.3 mi
- Lorraine: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bensley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | NW 308° | 92 m | 21.8 mi |
| Shooters Hill | NW 314° | 69 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sliding Hill | N 0° | 63 m | 18.0 mi |
| Gambles Hill | N 1° | 44 m | 7.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 45° | 43 m | 13.2 mi |
| Malvern Hill | E 101° | 41 m | 11.5 mi |
| Minitree Hill | E 86° | 36 m | 22.9 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ESE 113° | 28 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 9 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle20 obs
- American holly9 obs
- American pokeweed8 obs
- American sweetgum8 obs
- Redbreast Sunfish8 obs
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog8 obs
- Virginia creeper7 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle6 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.
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