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Deep Bottom Park

Deep Bottom Park from directly overhead

Deep Bottom Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Shooters Hill stands 69 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is New Market Park, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 14 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.41058, -77.30262
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Malvern Hill, Richmond National Battlefield Park: 2.9 mi
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park: 3.7 mi
  • Dorey Park: 4.1 mi
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park: 4.1 mi
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Parsonage Ruins: 3.1 mi
  • Fort Brady: 3.5 mi
  • Fort Harrison: 4.0 mi
  • Fort Hoke: 4.6 mi
  • Henrico First Responders Memorial: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Garber Street Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Powhatan Hill Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Chimborazo Native Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Chimborazo Playground Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Oak Grove Community Garden: 10.2 mi
Museums: 42
Attractions: 23
  • Henricus: 4.0 mi
  • Triple Crossing: 11.0 mi
  • RVA on Wheels: 11.2 mi
  • Kanawha Plaza Fountain: 11.5 mi
  • John Tyler's Grave: 12.0 mi
Springs: 11
  • Chimborazo Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Fonticello Lithia Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Forest Hill Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Wayside Spring: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Blanco Mount: 3.4 mi
  • Malvern Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Lamptie Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Kimages Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Evelynton Heights: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Area: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shooters HillWNW 302°69 m21.6 mi
Sliding HillNNW 338°63 m20.7 mi
Gambles HillNW 318°44 m11.7 mi
Turkey HillN 8°43 m10.6 mi
Malvern HillESE 105°41 m3.5 mi
Minitree HillE 79°36 m15.3 mi
Evelynton HeightsSE 124°28 m10.0 mi
Blanco MountS 187°25 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586775797871605042
Precip in3.22.64.03.24.04.64.44.94.63.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Fowler's Toad24 obs
  • great mullein23 obs
  • Helmet skullcap22 obs
  • Prothonotary Warbler16 obs
  • American sweetgum15 obs
  • pickerelweed14 obs
  • Yellow-breasted Chat13 obs
  • sensitive fern13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/316225978

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