Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 20 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pest House: 0.6 mi
- Georgia Weston Morgan: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Robert Withers Morgan: 0.6 mi
- Q-6 53 Edward Christian Glass (1852-1931): 0.7 mi
- Union Prisoner of War Camp: 0.8 mi
- Yoder Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
- Biggers Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Kemper Station Park: 0.9 mi
- College Hill Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Miller Park: 1.0 mi
- Candler Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Jack Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Mount Athos: 6.4 mi
- Spring Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Locke Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 0.4 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 0.4 mi
- Station House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Legacy Museum of African American History: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights: 0.9 mi
- Olympic Runner: 0.6 mi
- Mayor: 0.8 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 0.9 mi
- Piano: 1.2 mi
- Diamond Hill: 1.3 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 0.6 mi
- Haskins Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 1.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pierce Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 0.6 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 0.6 mi
- Point of Honor: 1.2 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 1.5 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 1.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 18.3 mi
- Hunting Spring: 19.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 19.5 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 22.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 23.7 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 0.5 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.7 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 20.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 21.1 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.3 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 23.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 8.1 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Jefferson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrapin Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,062 m | 17.7 mi |
| Highcock Knob | NW 304° | 931 m | 18.2 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | N 352° | 876 m | 10.3 mi |
| High Peak | N 352° | 876 m | 10.3 mi |
| No Business Mountain | WNW 288° | 837 m | 12.1 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | WNW 291° | 712 m | 10.6 mi |
| Shady Mountain | N 2° | 687 m | 13.8 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | NW 325° | 673 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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, 5 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle399 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly147 obs
- Christmas fern106 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel85 obs
- White-tailed Deer73 obs
- Huron Skipper68 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail67 obs
- Chestnut Carpenter Ant60 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/998043217
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 1 mi
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