- Elevation, modelled
- 3 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore18 m · 19.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Colonial Parkway14.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 37.0657, -76.3320
Friendship Island is a park in Virginia, at a modelled 3 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gosnolds Hope Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 15 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Friendship Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SE 145° | 18 m | 19.9 mi |
| White Hill | SE 124° | 10 m | 20.4 mi |
| Knob Hill | SW 215° | 8 m | 22.8 mi |
| The Isaacs | E 86° | 2 m | 20.7 mi |
- 14.8 mi off the Colonial ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Gosnolds Hope Park: 0.6 mi
- Eagle Park: 1.5 mi
- Ridgway Bark Park: 1.5 mi
- Hampton Soccer Park: 1.9 mi
- River Street Park: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 1.3 mi
- USS Monitor: 8.5 mi
- F/A-18: 10.0 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 15.1 mi
- Archway: 15.9 mi
Historic sites
- POW/MIA Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Rosa Parks: 3.2 mi
- Battery Anderson-Ruggles: 3.7 mi
- Back River Lighthouse Ruins: 3.7 mi
Gardens
- Buckroe Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Hampton Roads Garden: 8.7 mi
- Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 10.4 mi
- Living Legacy Grove: 13.1 mi
Artworks
- Lincoln and Armstrong Shrine: 3.1 mi
- Cast Bronze by M Cleveland: 7.3 mi
- Memory of Green: 7.5 mi
- Reinvented: 7.7 mi
- The Winner: 8.1 mi
Museums: 51
- Air Power Park: 2.4 mi
- Hampton History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Virginia Air And Space Center: 3.0 mi
- Hampton University Museum: 3.1 mi
- Casemate Museum: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 14
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 13.3 mi
- Mathews County Land Conservancy: 18.1 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement: 19.7 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 10
- Grandview Beach: 2.9 mi
- Outlook Beach: 4.1 mi
- Huntington Beach: 7.6 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 8.8 mi
- Chix Beach: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Boushs Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Holly Point: 14.1 mi
- York River Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Butlers Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Mintonville Point: 22.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Keeper's House: 4.6 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 4.6 mi
- Old Cape Henry Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Cape Henry Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Cape Charles Light: 23.8 mi
Peaks: 5
- Mount Trashmore: 19.9 mi
- Encore Hill: 20.1 mi
- White Hill: 20.4 mi
- The Isaacs: 20.7 mi
- Knob Hill: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Picnic Shelter #1: 17.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 18.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
| 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 | 07:16 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Langley AFB, 2 mi away.
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