Castlewood Park
Castlewood Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Eleanor Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 6.1 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 23.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eleanor Park: 0.3 mi
- Robin Grove Park: 0.7 mi
- Torrey Smith Recreation Park: 1.5 mi
- Town Hill: 1.6 mi
- Southern Park: 5.6 mi
- Flamstard Hill: 5.7 mi
- New Richmond Hill: 6.7 mi
- Grants Hill: 6.9 mi
- Cedar Hill: 6.9 mi
- Waverly Hill: 7.4 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 10.6 mi
- Riverside Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Former DNR: 16.5 mi
- Maryland Historic Trust Easement Area: 16.5 mi
- Pettigrew Wildlife Managment Area: 17.5 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 11.5 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 11.9 mi
- Port Royal Museum of American History: 13.3 mi
- Old Port Royal School: 13.3 mi
- Port Tobacco Courthouse: 19.6 mi
- The Sands: 6.0 mi
- Fossil Beach: 7.4 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 8.4 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 11.8 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 16.3 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 4.0 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 6.3 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 14.3 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Essex County War Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castlewood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SSE 149° | 55 m | 15.6 mi |
| China Hill | SSE 156° | 54 m | 10.5 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | S 172° | 52 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grants Hill | S 182° | 52 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SE 143° | 52 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SSE 148° | 52 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | ESE 123° | 50 m | 8.9 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | W 263° | 49 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warsaw 2 NW, 20 mi away.
- Osprey47 obs
- Ring-billed Gull24 obs
- Mallard16 obs
- Mute Swan14 obs
- American black elderberry12 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant12 obs
- Bald Eagle8 obs
- American Robin7 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 node/356600973
Day trips start here
- Cobb Island · 7 mi
- Westmoreland County · 12 mi
- Southern Maryland · 13 mi
- Leonardtown · 18 mi
- La Plata · 21 mi
- Quantico · 27 mi
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