Christopher Newport Park
Christopher Newport Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Superblock, a park 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 18 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Superblock: 0.1 mi
- Victory Landing Park: 0.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Plaza: 0.8 mi
- 47th & Warwick Minipark: 1.0 mi
- 29th St Lot: 1.1 mi
- Victory Arch: 0.1 mi
- Big Barrels: 3.1 mi
- William Tucker Cemetry: 4.2 mi
- Rosa Parks: 6.0 mi
- Mariners' Lake: 6.3 mi
- Fluidity: 0.2 mi
- Lion 4: 5.2 mi
- Lion 3: 5.2 mi
- Lion 1: 5.3 mi
- Lion 2: 5.3 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Hampton Roads Garden: 6.1 mi
- Buckroe Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Greer Garden: 10.9 mi
- Wellness Orchard: 11.0 mi
- USS Monitor: 6.1 mi
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 8.1 mi
- F/A-18: 8.1 mi
- Pokey Smokey II: 10.6 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 11.8 mi
- Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center: 1.8 mi
- Virginia War Museum: 3.1 mi
- Hampton History Museum: 5.8 mi
- Air Power Park: 5.9 mi
- Virginia Air And Space Center: 5.9 mi
- Huntington Beach: 2.8 mi
- Outlook Beach: 7.9 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 10.1 mi
- Grandview Beach: 10.5 mi
- Needle Beach: 12.0 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 10.0 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement: 11.5 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 11.5 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Camp Moonya: 16.6 mi
- Holly Point: 7.2 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Mintonville Point: 14.1 mi
- Brock Point: 15.2 mi
- Muskrat Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.2 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Old Cape Henry Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
- Cape Henry Lighthouse: 23.9 mi
- Knob Hill: 14.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 19.9 mi
- Encore Hill: 20.2 mi
- White Hill: 23.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 11.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Christopher Newport Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 121° | 18 m | 19.9 mi |
| White Hill | ESE 103° | 10 m | 23.2 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSW 210° | 8 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk NAS, 9 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel7 obs
- red deadnettle7 obs
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- Ring-billed Gull4 obs
- Canada Goose3 obs
- Northern Mockingbird3 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
- Monarch3 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/334267918
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