Matoaca Park
Matoaca Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Gunns Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Appomattox Riverside Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 2.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 48 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Appomattox Riverside Park: 2.1 mi
- Ettrick Park: 2.7 mi
- Appomattox River Canoe Launch: 3.2 mi
- McKenzie Street Park: 3.5 mi
- Lakeview Park: 3.6 mi
- Fort Gregg, Petersburg National Battlefield: 4.0 mi
- Peter Jones Trading Station: 4.1 mi
- Sixth Maryland Infantry: 5.0 mi
- Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 10.7 mi
- Big Bike: 15.1 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 15.6 mi
- Dooley sundial: 19.5 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 19.6 mi
- The Mill: 19.6 mi
- Virginia Motorsports Park: 6.5 mi
- Henricus: 10.7 mi
- Bats: 18.2 mi
- Parrots: 18.2 mi
- Klipspringer & King Vulture: 18.2 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Sankofa Community Orchard: 17.9 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Violet Bank Museum: 4.1 mi
- Siege Museum: 4.3 mi
- Farmers' Bank Museum: 4.3 mi
- Centre Hill Mansion-Museum: 4.5 mi
- Keystone Antique Tractor Museum: 4.7 mi
- Beaufont Springs: 17.7 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 18.3 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 18.5 mi
- Wayside Spring: 18.8 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 18.8 mi
- Blanco Mount: 12.0 mi
- Kimages Hill: 15.4 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 16.4 mi
- Malvern Hill: 16.5 mi
- Evelynton Heights: 18.8 mi
- Point of Rocks: 9.0 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 8.1 mi
- New Market Park: 14.8 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 18.6 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 18.7 mi
- Kittewan: 23.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 11.7 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 20.9 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 24.7 mi
- Carson Safety Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Lorraine: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Matoaca Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunns Hill | SW 221° | 107 m | 21.3 mi |
| Shooters Hill | NNW 339° | 69 m | 24.0 mi |
| Gambles Hill | N 5° | 44 m | 19.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 28° | 43 m | 24.3 mi |
| Malvern Hill | NE 52° | 41 m | 16.5 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ENE 73° | 28 m | 18.8 mi |
| Blanco Mount | NE 51° | 25 m | 12.0 mi |
| Lamptie Hill | ENE 59° | 24 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 5 mi away.
- crane-fly orchid8 obs
- Common Box Turtle7 obs
- ebony spleenwort7 obs
- American holly6 obs
- common pawpaw4 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral4 obs
- American bladdernut4 obs
- Spring Peeper3 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.
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