Franklin Circle Park
Franklin Circle Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Baines Hill stands 20 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bernad D. Griffin Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 28 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
Named places within 25 miles
- Bernad D. Griffin Park: 0.3 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.3 mi
- Hunt Mapp Athletic Fields: 0.4 mi
- John Tyler Fields: 0.5 mi
- Port Norfolk Beach Reflection Walk: 0.9 mi
- LOVE: 2.2 mi
- Armed Forces Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Homecoming: 2.5 mi
- Lone Sailor: 2.5 mi
- Waterwork: 2.5 mi
- Fort Nelson: 2.1 mi
- Cornwalis at Portsmouth: 2.1 mi
- Arnold's British Defenses, 1781: 2.1 mi
- Spanish American War 1898-1902: 2.3 mi
- U.S. Lightship 101: 2.4 mi
- Friendship Courtyard: 2.2 mi
- Fred Heutte Center: 2.9 mi
- Wellness Orchard: 4.2 mi
- ZooFarm Garden: 4.2 mi
- White House Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
- Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum: 1.6 mi
- Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center: 2.1 mi
- Hill House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Virginia: 2.3 mi
- Railroad Museum of Virginia: 2.3 mi
- Pokey Smokey II: 1.8 mi
- Archway: 2.3 mi
- Fresnel Lens from Hog Island Light: 2.4 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 2.5 mi
- F/A-18: 5.9 mi
- Needle Beach: 2.0 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 9.2 mi
- Outlook Beach: 12.0 mi
- Chix Beach: 12.7 mi
- Huntington Beach: 13.6 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Camp Moonya: 6.2 mi
- Chesapeake Arboretum: 8.9 mi
- Cavalier: 11.6 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 12.5 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Mintonville Point: 12.3 mi
- Brock Point: 12.9 mi
- Muskrat Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Holly Point: 15.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 11.9 mi
- Encore Hill: 12.1 mi
- Knob Hill: 13.0 mi
- White Hill: 17.8 mi
- Baines Hill: 23.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.2 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Old Cape Henry Lighthouse: 19.2 mi
- Cape Henry Lighthouse: 19.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 4.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Circle Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baines Hill | SW 218° | 20 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 94° | 18 m | 11.9 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 77° | 10 m | 17.8 mi |
| Knob Hill | WSW 255° | 8 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk S, 6 mi away.
- Monarch80 obs
- Black Swallowtail41 obs
- American Lady27 obs
- Small White22 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail19 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee18 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper18 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron16 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/715169823
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