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Grunland Park

Grunland Park from directly overhead

Grunland Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Grandview Natural Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 15 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.09583, -76.28833

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Back River Lighthouse Ruins: 1.2 mi
  • POW/MIA Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Battery Anderson-Ruggles: 5.3 mi
  • Battery Church: 5.6 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Memorial: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Gosnolds Hope Park: 2.7 mi
  • Hampton Soccer Park: 3.0 mi
  • East Messick Park: 3.1 mi
  • Friendship Island: 3.2 mi
  • Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Museums: 49
Gardens: 44
  • Buckroe Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Newport News Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Hampton Roads Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Living Legacy Grove: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 4
  • The Isaacs: 18.2 mi
  • White Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 20.4 mi
  • Encore Hill: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Shelter #1: 20.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #3: 20.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grunland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSSE 154°18 m20.4 mi
White HillSE 133°10 m19.8 mi
The IsaacsE 92°2 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:17
June solstice05:4619:5020:29
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1616:1216:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414349586775797872615144
Precip in3.52.94.43.33.84.05.34.94.83.93.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Langley AFB, 4 mi away.

  • Atlantic Ghost Crab121 obs
  • Sanderling119 obs
  • Dunlin88 obs
  • Red Beard Sponge79 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab74 obs
  • Ruddy Turnstone73 obs
  • Common Loon59 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull58 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356605337

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