Kestner Wayside Park
Kestner Wayside Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 131 m. Old Rag Mountain stands 998 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockwater Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 131 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacles Overlook · 20 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 20 mi
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pony: 3.1 mi
- Davis Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Fox Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Bruce Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Scott Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Rockwater Park: 0.5 mi
- Yowell Meadow Park: 1.2 mi
- E. B. Wood Community Park: 1.5 mi
- Wine Street Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Mountain Run Lake Park: 3.2 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 4.4 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 4.7 mi
- The Spilman Homestead: 14.1 mi
- Spilman Silo: 14.1 mi
- Cave Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 19.5 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 19.6 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 19.6 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 19.8 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 1.5 mi
- Salubria: 7.1 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- James Madison Museum: 15.8 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 15.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 21.3 mi
- Furnace Spring: 21.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 22.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 23.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 23.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 19.4 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 21.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 23.4 mi
- Lake Orange: 16.1 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 18.3 mi
- Oakley Forest Wildlife Management Area: 22.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 24.8 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 22.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 24.0 mi
- Flying Circus Aerodrome: 17.4 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 20.7 mi
- Chancellorsville House Site: 23.1 mi
- LOVE: 0.6 mi
- Lions Glasses: 0.6 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Kestner Wayside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rag Mountain | WNW 292° | 998 m | 17.4 mi |
| Baldtop | WSW 258° | 499 m | 17.2 mi |
| Browns Mountain | WNW 302° | 490 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 302° | 477 m | 16.4 mi |
| Gallihugh Mountain | W 260° | 462 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mitchells Mountain | WNW 282° | 454 m | 12.6 mi |
| Red Oak Mountain | NNW 329° | 428 m | 14.0 mi |
| Dulaney Mountain | WNW 285° | 424 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston 4 SE, 8 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly28 obs
- Huron Skipper26 obs
- Northern Cardinal22 obs
- Blue Dasher22 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth22 obs
- Eastern Phoebe20 obs
- Isabella Tiger Moth19 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee18 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/560785415
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 24 mi
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