Carter Wayside park
Carter Wayside park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 602 m. Walker Mountain stands 1,224 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 602 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 29.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 19 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamilton Knob: 1.0 mi
- Ramsay Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Crockett Knob: 2.3 mi
- Little Brush Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Hematite Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Shot Tower State Historical Park: 6.0 mi
- Pulaski Wayside Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Jackson Park: 9.4 mi
- Dora Highway Park: 9.5 mi
- Sixth Street Park: 9.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 11.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 12.0 mi
- High Point: 20.4 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 13.6 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 13.7 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 23.3 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 16.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 19.1 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Crooked Creek: 19.4 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Waterfront: 13.2 mi
- Water Front: 18.1 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 15.8 mi
- Jeff Matthews Museum: 20.3 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 16.2 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
- This Way: 17.7 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 24.8 mi
- DAK Lights: 14.9 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 16.5 mi
- Sharon Springs: 21.9 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Carter Wayside park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Mountain | NW 305° | 1,224 m | 13.1 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 341° | 1,153 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sand Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,123 m | 9.7 mi |
| High Rocks | WSW 251° | 1,111 m | 9.3 mi |
| Lick Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,073 m | 9.8 mi |
| Dead Pine Mountain | E 97° | 1,048 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bear Knob | ESE 102° | 1,032 m | 13.5 mi |
| Ewing Mountain | SW 220° | 1,030 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:31 | 17:11 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wytheville, 9 mi away.
- House Sparrow3 obs
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug3 obs
- Appalachioria versicolor3 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle2 obs
- Smallmouth Bass2 obs
- garlic mustard2 obs
- New River Crayfish2 obs
- Fantail Darter2 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/665004119
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