Eastern Park
Eastern Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 556 m. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mumpower Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 556 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 21.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Mumpower Park: 0.5 mi
- Cumberland Square Park: 1.4 mi
- Parker Park: 1.6 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.7 mi
- Anderson Park: 1.7 mi
- Mock Knob: 5.4 mi
- Beaver Creek Knobs: 5.6 mi
- Dickey Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Walker Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Observation Knob: 7.4 mi
- Cobra: 1.4 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Tower: 1.8 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 4.7 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 12.3 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Bee Cliff: 18.0 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 1.5 mi
- William King Museum: 12.0 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 12.2 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 12.4 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 17.1 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 5.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 8.1 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 11.3 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 20.1 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 20.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve: 22.2 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 22.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 6.8 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 13.4 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 23.1 mi
- Laurel Falls: 23.5 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 24.9 mi
- Heartwood: 10.7 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 20.5 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 20.9 mi
- Junaluska: 23.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 13.7 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 20.5 mi
- Trials Playground: 21.1 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 21.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 4.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 4.7 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Hampton Spring: 22.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 24.5 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 10.9 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Eastern Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | SE 125° | 1,295 m | 12.3 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,287 m | 17.0 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 116° | 1,282 m | 17.3 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,264 m | 11.7 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSE 155° | 1,261 m | 11.7 mi |
| Brumley Ridge | NNE 28° | 1,234 m | 19.8 mi |
| The Butt | NNE 15° | 1,226 m | 15.9 mi |
| Locust Knob | ESE 124° | 1,223 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 12 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly29 obs
- Canada Goose21 obs
- Great Blue Heron11 obs
- American tuliptree9 obs
- American pokeweed8 obs
- Amur honeysuckle8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
- flowering dogwood7 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/808089113
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 2 mi
- Elizabethton · 19 mi
- Kingsport · 22 mi
- Johnson City · 23 mi
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