Fern Park
Fern Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 346 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 346 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Roanoke Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 1 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 2 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Open Field: 0.7 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.8 mi
- Mill Mountain Park: 0.9 mi
- Garden City Recreation Building: 1.1 mi
- Garden City Park: 1.1 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Rorer Hall: 2.4 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 2.4 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 2.5 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 2.6 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 2.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 2.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 2.6 mi
- Explore Park: 5.4 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 6.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.8 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.1 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Beale Garden: 8.1 mi
- Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 1.2 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 2.5 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 2.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 9.7 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.8 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 2.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 2.3 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 2.4 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 2.5 mi
- The Rock: 7.3 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 17.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.4 mi
- Spring Well #25: 18.5 mi
- Big Spring: 23.8 mi
- Howrytown: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Fern Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,141 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,083 m | 9.1 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 293° | 998 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 235° | 975 m | 10.8 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 335° | 974 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 235° | 972 m | 10.7 mi |
| Masons Knob | SW 228° | 961 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WSW 238° | 935 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly44 obs
- Amur honeysuckle42 obs
- Monarch34 obs
- wineberry34 obs
- Dixie Caverns Salamander34 obs
- American Robin32 obs
- Persian silk tree31 obs
- Italian arum31 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/545052519
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 2 mi
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