Folly Castle Historic District
Folly Castle Historic District is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Gunns Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Low Street Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lee's Retreat runs past it. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 22 m
How to reach it
- On the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Low Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Petersburg Courthouse Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Centre Hill Historic District: 0.5 mi
- Harding Street Community Center Park: 0.5 mi
- Petersburg Patton Park: 0.5 mi
- Peter Jones Trading Station: 0.4 mi
- Fort Gregg, Petersburg National Battlefield: 3.0 mi
- Sixth Maryland Infantry: 4.9 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 8.2 mi
- Fort Brady: 11.7 mi
- Big Bike: 15.0 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 17.2 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 21.1 mi
- I Can't Breathe: 21.1 mi
- Fruits and Veggies: 21.3 mi
- Virginia Motorsports Park: 7.8 mi
- Henricus: 10.6 mi
- Triple Crossing: 21.1 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 21.2 mi
- Eppa Hunton's Grave: 21.3 mi
- Siege Museum: 0.4 mi
- Farmers' Bank Museum: 0.5 mi
- Centre Hill Mansion-Museum: 0.5 mi
- Violet Bank Museum: 1.1 mi
- Keystone Antique Tractor Museum: 1.7 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Garber Street Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Powhatan Hill Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Blanco Mount: 10.8 mi
- Kimages Hill: 13.0 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 14.4 mi
- Malvern Hill: 15.0 mi
- Evelynton Heights: 15.9 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 20.2 mi
- Beaufont Springs: 20.3 mi
- Chimborazo Spring: 20.6 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 20.6 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 20.7 mi
- Point of Rocks: 7.3 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 8.2 mi
- New Market Park: 14.7 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 15.2 mi
- Kittewan: 19.7 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 21.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 12.3 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 23.2 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 23.3 mi
- Carson Safety Rest Area: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Folly Castle Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunns Hill | SW 232° | 107 m | 22.9 mi |
| Gambles Hill | N 355° | 44 m | 21.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 18° | 43 m | 24.4 mi |
| Malvern Hill | NE 38° | 41 m | 15.0 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ENE 63° | 28 m | 15.9 mi |
| Blanco Mount | NNE 30° | 25 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lamptie Hill | NE 45° | 24 m | 14.4 mi |
| Kimages Hill | NE 51° | 17 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 1 mi away.
- Japanese stiltgrass39 obs
- cardinal flower27 obs
- Chinese privet27 obs
- common pawpaw24 obs
- Canada Goose23 obs
- American sweetgum21 obs
- henbit deadnettle21 obs
- Bitterweed21 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 node/356598111
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