Lee Hill Park
Lee Hill Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. Hamiltons Thicket stands 124 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Lee Carter Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 16 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 69 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 28.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Lee Carter Park: 1.0 mi
- Cosner Park: 2.8 mi
- Fredericksburg Agricultural Fairgrounds: 3.1 mi
- Fredericksburg Fairgrounds: 3.1 mi
- Duff McDuff Green Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Meade Pyramid: 1.9 mi
- Lee's Hill: 3.7 mi
- Humphreys Monument: 4.2 mi
- Fifth Corps Monument: 4.2 mi
- Cobb Monument: 4.4 mi
- Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Alexander Memorial Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Alum Springs Park: 4.1 mi
- Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Falmouth Beach Park: 6.1 mi
- George Washington Masonic Museum: 4.8 mi
- National Bank Museum: 4.8 mi
- James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library: 4.9 mi
- Fredericksburg Area Museum: 4.9 mi
- MOVAS - Museum of Visual Arts and Science: 5.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
- Howison Hill: 3.3 mi
- Embrey Hill: 6.3 mi
- Fall Hill: 6.4 mi
- Motts Run Hill: 7.4 mi
- John Paul Jones House: 4.6 mi
- The Chimneys: 4.7 mi
- Dominion Raceway: 6.9 mi
- Chancellorsville House Site: 10.8 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 14.1 mi
- L O V E: 2.2 mi
- Iconic Art: 4.9 mi
- Wine & Design: 6.3 mi
- Cross Country State Championship Rock: 8.9 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
- Ladysmith Safety Rest Area south: 17.4 mi
- Ladysmith Safety Rest Area North: 17.5 mi
- Bull Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Blue Banks: 18.5 mi
- Possum Nose: 24.8 mi
- Embrey Mill Dogwood Garden: 14.3 mi
- Aquia Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 18.2 mi
- McCoull Spring: 7.6 mi
- Clifton Beach: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lee Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamiltons Thicket | WNW 287° | 124 m | 14.2 mi |
| Shotgun Hill | WNW 297° | 104 m | 16.9 mi |
| Green Bottle Hill | SW 229° | 85 m | 23.1 mi |
| Embrey Hill | NNW 327° | 74 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fall Hill | NNW 343° | 67 m | 6.4 mi |
| Motts Run Hill | NW 321° | 65 m | 7.4 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | E 100° | 49 m | 11.5 mi |
| Stretchmark Hill | NE 36° | 44 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fredericksburg Sewage, 4 mi away.
- mapleleaf viburnum30 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail26 obs
- crane-fly orchid24 obs
- Horned Passalus Beetle23 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
- striped wintergreen22 obs
- Common Box Turtle21 obs
- North American Luna Moth21 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/568567630
Day trips start here
- Fredericksburg · 5 mi
- Stafford County · 12 mi
- Spotsylvania · 13 mi
- Stafford · 13 mi
- Aquia Harbour · 16 mi
- Quantico · 22 mi
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