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Hunton Recreation Center

Hunton Recreation Center from directly overhead

Hunton Recreation Center is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 66 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Glover Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
66 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68847, -77.50099

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Glover Park: 1.0 mi
  • RF&P Park: 1.0 mi
  • General Sheppard Crump Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Orchard Vista Pocket Park #2: 1.6 mi
  • Walkerton Tavern: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Forest Lodge Belvidere: 1.6 mi
  • Klaus Family Tree House: 4.9 mi
  • George Edward Pickett's Grave: 10.4 mi
  • Raleigh E. Colston's Grave: 10.5 mi
  • Sand Dume Lagoon: 10.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Historic Vegetable Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Demonstration Crops: 1.1 mi
  • Learning & Therapy Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Lucy Payne Minor Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Margaret Streb Conifer Garden: 4.8 mi
Museums: 32
Springs: 11
  • Young's Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Youngs Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Byrd Park Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Dogwood Dell Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Wayside Spring: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Ladysmith Safety Rest Area North: 20.2 mi
  • Ladysmith Safety Rest Area south: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sabot HillWSW 252°92 m14.8 mi
Shooters HillSW 224°69 m10.9 mi
Sliding HillE 89°63 m3.2 mi
Gambles HillSSE 164°44 m10.9 mi
Turkey HillSE 125°43 m15.1 mi
Malvern HillSE 145°41 m24.7 mi
Blanco MountSSE 155°25 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048576674787770594941
Precip in3.52.93.93.44.34.14.04.94.03.63.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland Hanover CO Muni AP, 4 mi away.

  • pink lady's slipper37 obs
  • Monarch34 obs
  • American sweetgum21 obs
  • Northern Cricket Frog20 obs
  • Common Whitetail19 obs
  • Mallard18 obs
  • American holly18 obs
  • striped wintergreen16 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 way/266709856

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