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Camilla Williams Park

Camilla Williams Park from directly overhead

Camilla Williams Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Blue Knob stands 521 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is M.C. Martin Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.59280, -79.40175

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • M.C. Martin Park: 0.1 mi
  • Union St. Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Market Garden Park: 0.7 mi
  • South Union Street Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Former Confederate Flag: 0.8 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Granite Pillars of Historic Sites: 0.8 mi
  • Doyle Thomas Park Welcome Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Doyle Thomas Monument: 0.9 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Main St. Plaza Pergula: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Family Fun Zone: 1.4 mi
  • Shangri-La Stone Village: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Danville Welcome Center: 2.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Prancing Horse: 10.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camilla Williams Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobWNW 303°521 m24.0 mi
Turkeycock MountainNW 316°505 m22.7 mi
Hickory KnobNW 309°421 m24.0 mi
Nance MountainWNW 291°399 m24.6 mi
Little MountainNW 313°383 m23.9 mi
Brier MountainNW 325°358 m20.3 mi
White Oak MountainN 350°350 m8.5 mi
Robertson MountainNW 310°343 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5619:30
June solstice06:0020:0220:40
September equinox07:0618:4219:16
December solstice07:2716:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586775797871594841
Precip in3.73.14.13.94.44.14.84.14.63.63.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville 2 SE, 3 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
  • American Goldfinch15 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird14 obs
  • Huron Skipper14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail11 obs
  • Green Lynx Spider10 obs
  • House Finch10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/444647619

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