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Chimney Field Park

Chimney Field Park from directly overhead

Chimney Field Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Edge Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.93318, -78.20201

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fantasy Land Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lion's Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.7 mi
  • Skyline Soccerplex: 0.9 mi
  • Ed Stump Playground: 1.0 mi
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 22
Attractions: 22
  • Skyline Caverns: 2.5 mi
  • Cider Stage: 23.1 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 23.1 mi
  • Darkwood Manor: 23.1 mi
  • Jumping Pillow #1: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 1.2 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 9.8 mi
  • The Peacemakers: 16.2 mi
  • Bird In Flight: 16.4 mi
  • A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 16.4 mi
Springs: 12
  • Vaucluse Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Chalybeate Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Town Spring: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 9
  • Herb Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 14.4 mi
  • W.O. Riley Park Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 4.5 mi
  • Pavilian: 22.0 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • River Access: 21.9 mi
  • River Access: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Chimney Field Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainSSW 198°1,056 m12.4 mi
North MarshallS 180°1,024 m10.9 mi
SugarloafSSW 201°985 m13.3 mi
South MarshallS 185°979 m11.2 mi
Little Hogback MountainSSW 195°940 m12.4 mi
The PeakS 172°889 m12.1 mi
Compton PeakS 170°887 m8.0 mi
Carson MountainSSE 167°780 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4820:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:2916:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643556371757467564637
Precip in2.82.53.83.44.44.53.64.04.83.43.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin48 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly38 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee31 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider29 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • Virginia bluebells25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 obs
  • Northern Cardinal22 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/517708745

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