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Ed Stump Playground

Ed Stump Playground from directly overhead

Ed Stump Playground is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 167 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyline Soccerplex, a park 0.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
167 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.91900, -78.20583

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Skyline Soccerplex: 0.1 mi
  • Front Royal Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bowman Park: 0.6 mi
  • Eastham Park: 0.7 mi
  • Chimney Field Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 22
Attractions: 22
Artworks: 17
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 0.7 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 10.8 mi
  • The Peacemakers: 17.2 mi
  • Bird In Flight: 17.3 mi
  • A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 17.4 mi
Springs: 14
  • Vaucluse Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Rock Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Chalybeate Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Town Spring: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 5
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 3.5 mi
  • Pavilian: 21.3 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 21.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 2
  • River Access: 22.7 mi
  • River Access: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Ed Stump Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainSSW 199°1,056 m11.5 mi
North MarshallS 179°1,024 m9.9 mi
SugarloafSSW 201°985 m12.3 mi
South MarshallS 184°979 m10.2 mi
Little Hogback MountainSSW 195°940 m11.4 mi
The PeakS 170°889 m11.1 mi
Compton PeakSSE 167°887 m7.1 mi
Carson MountainSSE 163°780 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4820:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:2916:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643556371757467564637
Precip in2.82.53.83.44.44.53.64.04.83.43.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin51 obs
  • Virginia bluebells48 obs
  • White-tailed Deer47 obs
  • box elder35 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly31 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee30 obs
  • red deadnettle29 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel28 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 node/356590954

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