Felts Park
Felts Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 719 m. Jones Knob stands 1,163 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Jeff Matthews Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fox Hunters Paradise Overlook · 8 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 10 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 11 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ward Knob: 0.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 1.4 mi
- Coby Knob: 1.7 mi
- Enoch Knob: 1.9 mi
- McCamant Hill: 2.1 mi
- New River Trail State Park: 1.5 mi
- Dannelly Park: 2.7 mi
- Fishers Peak Historical Site: 8.6 mi
- Lowgap Park: 9.2 mi
- Long Branch Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Bullhead Creek Cascades: 18.3 mi
- Incredible Falls: 18.3 mi
- Bullhead Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
- Upper Widows Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
- Jeff Matthews Museum: 0.6 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 12.7 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Thunder Road Museum: 15.8 mi
- Gertrude Smith House: 20.2 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 4.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Music Center: 6.9 mi
- Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum: 13.0 mi
- US 21 overlook: 19.8 mi
- Brinegar Cabin: 20.6 mi
- Zeke's Peak: 12.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Devils Garden: 18.9 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 21.1 mi
- Crooked Creek: 7.1 mi
- Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Raven Knob Scout Reservation: 12.5 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 17.7 mi
- Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 9.9 mi
- Stone Mountain Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- John Harmon Gallery: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Felts Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Knob | NW 312° | 1,163 m | 11.3 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,102 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 233° | 1,099 m | 12.2 mi |
| Fisher Peak | SE 141° | 1,088 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SE 136° | 1,075 m | 7.6 mi |
| Horse Knob | SE 137° | 1,047 m | 8.2 mi |
| Beamer Knob | E 82° | 1,032 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ewing Mountain | NW 320° | 1,030 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galax WTP, under a mile away.
- white clover10 obs
- Kanawha Darter10 obs
- Fantail Darter8 obs
- White-tailed Deer7 obs
- Rosyface Shiner6 obs
- Great Blue Heron5 obs
- ground-ivy5 obs
- Common Garter Snake4 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/517484618
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 20 mi
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