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Evergreen Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery from directly overhead

Evergreen Cemetery is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.26140, -79.97131

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ghent Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lakewood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Valley Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vic Thomas Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Museums: 15
Artworks: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Mountain View Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Beale Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Tinker Cliffs: 12.3 mi
  • Dragon's Tooth: 13.0 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • Spring Well #25: 19.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Evergreen Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poor MountainWSW 246°1,141 m10.9 mi
Cahas MountainSSW 194°1,083 m10.2 mi
Fort Lewis MountainWNW 288°998 m10.9 mi
Bent MountainSW 223°975 m10.8 mi
McAfee KnobNNW 338°974 m9.8 mi
Bull Run KnobSW 223°972 m10.7 mi
Masons KnobSSW 209°961 m6.9 mi
Hemppatch MountainSW 223°935 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5819:32
June solstice06:0120:0520:44
September equinox07:0818:4419:19
December solstice07:3116:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674787670594841
Precip in3.22.93.53.54.34.74.33.44.13.03.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly61 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle37 obs
  • Monarch36 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron30 obs
  • lesser celandine27 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug25 obs
  • American pokeweed24 obs
  • American Robin23 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/38183980

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