Carter Park
Carter Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 63 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is DeJarnette Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 63 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- DeJarnette Park: 0.5 mi
- South Taylor Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Ashland Trolley Line: 0.7 mi
- Ashland Historic District: 0.8 mi
- Pufferbelly Park: 0.8 mi
- Forest Lodge Belvidere: 5.8 mi
- Sand Dume Lagoon: 6.4 mi
- Lighthouse Landing: 6.4 mi
- Zoom Flume: 6.4 mi
- Pipeline Peak: 6.4 mi
- Jeb Stuart Monument: 6.2 mi
- Hanover Confederate Soldiers Monument: 6.4 mi
- Bryan Park: 10.8 mi
- Burying Ground Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Arthur Ashe Monument: 12.6 mi
- See Richmond By Rail: 9.0 mi
- Lakeside: 9.2 mi
- David: 9.4 mi
- Spirited Art: 9.5 mi
- Welcoming Your Teddy Bears and Other Contributions: 12.4 mi
- Brian Wesley Moores Native Plant Garden: 1.3 mi
- Demonstration Crops: 5.1 mi
- Historic Vegetable Garden: 5.1 mi
- Learning & Therapy Garden: 8.1 mi
- Lucy Payne Minor Garden: 8.7 mi
- Ashland Museum: 0.7 mi
- Ashland Train Museum: 1.2 mi
- Meadow Farm Museum: 5.1 mi
- Courtney Road Service Station: 5.7 mi
- Virginia Randolph Museum: 6.0 mi
- Young's Spring: 10.3 mi
- Youngs Spring: 10.4 mi
- Byrd Park Spring: 14.3 mi
- Dogwood Dell Spring: 14.4 mi
- Tuckahoe Spring: 15.4 mi
- Sliding Hill: 4.6 mi
- Gambles Hill: 14.7 mi
- Shooters Hill: 14.7 mi
- Turkey Hill: 17.1 mi
- Sabot Hill: 17.4 mi
- Mattaponi Bluffs WMA: 17.4 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 18.5 mi
- Heart of Virginia Scout Reservation: 21.6 mi
- New Market Park: 23.6 mi
- Powhatan State Park: 24.8 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 13.7 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 24.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 24.5 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 15.2 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Ladysmith Safety Rest Area North: 16.1 mi
- Ladysmith Safety Rest Area south: 16.2 mi
- Lorraine: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | WSW 240° | 92 m | 17.4 mi |
| Green Bottle Hill | NW 319° | 85 m | 24.4 mi |
| Shooters Hill | SW 216° | 69 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sliding Hill | SSE 152° | 63 m | 4.6 mi |
| Gambles Hill | S 172° | 44 m | 14.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 138° | 43 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland, under a mile away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel53 obs
- American sweetgum38 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog31 obs
- Heavenly bamboo31 obs
- Goldenrod Soldier Beetle21 obs
- Western Honey Bee19 obs
- Northern Mockingbird18 obs
- willow oak18 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/240266075
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