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Chris Greene Lake Park

Chris Greene Lake Park from directly overhead

Chris Greene Lake Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Flattop Mountain stands 1,006 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
145 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.16229, -78.44338

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dog Park: 0.2 mi
  • Brook Hill River Park: 4.3 mi
  • Preddy Creek Trail Park: 4.3 mi
  • Griffen Park: 6.0 mi
  • Village Green: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 34
Artworks: 33
Gardens: 14
Museums: 14
Waterfalls: 12
Nature reserves: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 5: 17.3 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 4: 18.2 mi
  • Main Beach (Beach 1): 18.3 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 3: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 5
Springs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Greene County Park Pavillion: 7.9 mi
  • South River Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Chris Greene Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flattop MountainNW 316°1,006 m12.7 mi
Little Flat MountainWNW 293°954 m13.2 mi
Gibson MountainWNW 287°758 m10.9 mi
Fox MountainWNW 287°754 m10.9 mi
High Top MountainW 281°695 m11.2 mi
Martins MountainWNW 283°629 m11.5 mi
County Line MountainNW 306°598 m11.3 mi
Peters MountainESE 106°550 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5220:0120:41
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2716:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596775797770594942
Precip in3.02.33.53.24.24.43.43.94.13.33.43.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer30 obs
  • Common Box Turtle22 obs
  • putty root21 obs
  • crane-fly orchid19 obs
  • bloodroot18 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail17 obs
  • Hooded Merganser15 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/135325068

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