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Mecklenburg Wayside

Mecklenburg Wayside from directly overhead

Mecklenburg Wayside is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. Ivy Hill stands 120 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 21 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
92 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.70153, -78.18250

65 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Parker Park: 2.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 3.4 mi
  • La Crosse Caboose Park: 4.9 mi
  • La Crosse Town Park: 5.0 mi
  • Tailrace Park: 9.5 mi
Museums: 6
Rest areas: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Saint Paul’s Chapel School (Rosenwald Funded): 15.0 mi
  • Thyne Institute Memorial: 17.9 mi
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood: 21.0 mi
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Shelter: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Osage Picnic Shelter: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 9.6 mi
  • Solitary Sentinel: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 19.9 mi
  • J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mecklenburg Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillWSW 241°120 m16.0 mi
Fort HillE 87°76 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5119:25
June solstice05:5519:5720:35
September equinox07:0118:3719:11
December solstice07:2216:2117:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249596877817973615143
Precip in3.22.53.93.23.54.64.93.84.13.53.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John H Kerr DAM, 10 mi away.

  • Chain Pickerel2 obs
  • Rough Greensnake1 obs
  • common jewelweed1 obs
  • buttonbush1 obs
  • Asiatic dayflower1 obs
  • poison sumac1 obs
  • red deadnettle1 obs
  • hop trefoil1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356563301

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