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Chisman Creek Park

Chisman Creek Park from directly overhead

Chisman Creek Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Church Hill stands 30 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Trap Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 4.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.18044, -76.45977

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Abandoned sand mine and dump: 2.6 mi
  • Lighthouse Service Bell: 2.6 mi
  • Grace Church 1634 location: 2.6 mi
  • Olde Yorke Village Site: 2.7 mi
  • Civil War Howitzer: 2.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • USS Monitor: 8.8 mi
  • General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 9.3 mi
  • Roman Rapids: 10.7 mi
  • The Trade Wind: 10.7 mi
  • Festa Italia: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Hampton Roads Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Newport News Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Buckroe Community Garden: 12.9 mi
Museums: 48
  • Aids to Navigation Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
  • Discovery Center: 4.3 mi
  • Museum on Main: 4.7 mi
  • Watermen's Museum: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Pig Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Church Hill: 21.2 mi
  • Mount Folly: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 10.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Church HillNNW 338°30 m21.2 mi
Pig HillN 354°21 m16.8 mi
Mount FollyNW 319°6 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4719:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:1716:1216:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249586775797772615143
Precip in3.12.63.33.13.74.14.75.44.94.23.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail89 obs
  • Fowler's Toad84 obs
  • Monarch48 obs
  • American Lady30 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk29 obs
  • Common Box Turtle28 obs
  • Black Swallowtail28 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail27 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/422749356

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