Dorey Park
Dorey Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Shooters Hill stands 69 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bike, a artwork 2.0 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 17 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 42 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Bike: 2.0 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 5.1 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 6.5 mi
- I Can't Breathe: 6.8 mi
- Mr. Smedley Statue: 6.8 mi
- Fort Harrison: 3.1 mi
- Fort Hoke: 4.0 mi
- Henrico First Responders Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Fort Brady: 5.0 mi
- Parsonage Ruins: 5.8 mi
- Deep Bottom Park: 4.1 mi
- Taylor Farm Park: 4.3 mi
- Sandston Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Clark Palmore House: 4.8 mi
- Osborne Park: 4.9 mi
- Garber Street Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Powhatan Hill Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Chimborazo Native Garden: 5.8 mi
- Chimborazo Playground Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Henricus: 6.1 mi
- Triple Crossing: 7.0 mi
- RVA on Wheels: 7.2 mi
- Kanawha Plaza Fountain: 7.5 mi
- John Tyler's Grave: 8.1 mi
- Clarke-Palmore House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Grand Lodge of Virginia Library and Museum: 5.8 mi
- Chimborazo Medical Museum: 6.0 mi
- Dabbs House Museum: 6.1 mi
- Virginia Holocaust Museum: 6.7 mi
- Chimborazo Spring: 5.8 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 7.7 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 7.9 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 8.5 mi
- Wayside Spring: 9.0 mi
- Malvern Hill: 7.0 mi
- Blanco Mount: 7.1 mi
- Gambles Hill: 7.8 mi
- Turkey Hill: 7.8 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 8.8 mi
- New Market Park: 2.4 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 8.6 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 15.1 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 17.1 mi
- Game Farm Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 7.5 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 4.9 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 11.0 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 11.8 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Lorraine: 17.0 mi
- Beach Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dorey Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooters Hill | WNW 295° | 69 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sliding Hill | NNW 340° | 63 m | 16.7 mi |
| Gambles Hill | NW 312° | 44 m | 7.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 27° | 43 m | 7.8 mi |
| Malvern Hill | SE 130° | 41 m | 7.0 mi |
| Minitree Hill | E 92° | 36 m | 17.0 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | SE 132° | 28 m | 13.8 mi |
| Blanco Mount | SSE 167° | 25 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Canada Goose19 obs
- American holly19 obs
- Mallard15 obs
- pink lady's slipper15 obs
- crane-fly orchid14 obs
- partridgeberry12 obs
- Great Blue Heron11 obs
- American Toad11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/316225977
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