Lafayette Park
Lafayette Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wellness Orchard, a garden 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 27 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- All Things Within All Things: 0.1 mi
- Recording Angel: 1.1 mi
- Cooper Angel: 1.2 mi
- Core Mausoleum: 1.2 mi
- Nancy Lieberman Statue: 1.3 mi
- Colonial Place Greenway Park: 0.5 mi
- Munson Park: 0.8 mi
- Granby Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Shoop Park: 1.1 mi
- Barraud Park: 1.1 mi
- Anchor;USS Antietam Anchor: 2.3 mi
- Cornwalis at Portsmouth: 2.9 mi
- Arnold's British Defenses, 1781: 2.9 mi
- Fort Nelson: 2.9 mi
- Spanish American War 1898-1902: 2.9 mi
- Wellness Orchard: 0.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.2 mi
- Shade Garden: 0.2 mi
- ZooFarm Garden: 0.2 mi
- African Village Garden: 0.2 mi
- Barry Art Museum: 1.3 mi
- Chrysler Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio: 1.7 mi
- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio: 1.7 mi
- Hunter House Victorian Museum: 1.9 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 2.1 mi
- Archway: 2.9 mi
- Fresnel Lens from Hog Island Light: 3.1 mi
- F/A-18: 3.4 mi
- Pokey Smokey II: 5.9 mi
- Needle Beach: 2.9 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 5.6 mi
- Chix Beach: 8.6 mi
- Outlook Beach: 9.4 mi
- Sylvan Beach: 9.7 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Camp Moonya: 9.2 mi
- Chesapeake Arboretum: 9.6 mi
- Cavalier: 14.7 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Mintonville Point: 16.2 mi
- Brock Point: 16.9 mi
- Holly Point: 17.2 mi
- Muskrat Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 9.1 mi
- Encore Hill: 9.4 mi
- White Hill: 14.1 mi
- Knob Hill: 16.9 mi
- The Isaacs: 22.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 8.7 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
- Old Cape Henry Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
- Cape Henry Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Benches: 23.5 mi
- Picnic Benches: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 111° | 18 m | 9.1 mi |
| White Hill | E 83° | 10 m | 14.1 mi |
| Knob Hill | WSW 250° | 8 m | 16.9 mi |
| The Isaacs | NE 51° | 2 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk S, 3 mi away.
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron312 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider62 obs
- Great Egret55 obs
- Northern Mockingbird54 obs
- Northern Cardinal53 obs
- Monarch51 obs
- Mallard49 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel48 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/37931243
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