Izaak Walton Park
Izaak Walton Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 265 m. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Coolwell Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 265 m
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 20 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paul Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Galts Mill Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Kentucky Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Strode Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 6.4 mi
- Riverside Pool: 6.5 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 6.8 mi
- Point of Honor: 6.8 mi
- Point of Honor Monument: 6.8 mi
- Coolwell Park: 0.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 6.7 mi
- Riveredge Park: 6.9 mi
- Civitan Park: 6.9 mi
- Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark: 6.9 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 3.5 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 3.6 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 5.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 5.3 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 7.0 mi
- Lynchbug: 7.0 mi
- Piano: 7.0 mi
- LOVE: 7.2 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 7.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 6.6 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 6.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 6.7 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 7.0 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 7.3 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 6.4 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 6.5 mi
- Point of Honor: 6.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 7.9 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 7.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 18.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 18.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 18.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 20.1 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 21.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 7.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 17.2 mi
- James River at Wingina: 21.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 22.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 18.0 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 24.7 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 15.0 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Izaak Walton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NW 305° | 876 m | 7.2 mi |
| High Peak | NW 305° | 876 m | 7.2 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NNW 334° | 760 m | 14.4 mi |
| Scott Mountain | NNW 349° | 738 m | 15.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | W 261° | 712 m | 14.7 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NNW 348° | 712 m | 15.1 mi |
| Shady Mountain | NNW 332° | 687 m | 8.8 mi |
| Banks Mountain | NW 319° | 657 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 12 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle8 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral2 obs
- Variable Dancer2 obs
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo1 obs
- Canada Goose1 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 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/356562571
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 7 mi
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