Monument Circle
Monument Circle is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Blue Knob stands 521 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountain Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 176 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fountain Park: 0.2 mi
- Ballou Park: 0.4 mi
- Reservoir Park: 0.7 mi
- Sandy Creek Park: 0.8 mi
- Abreu-Grogan Park: 1.0 mi
- Mountain Hill: 5.6 mi
- Soyar Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Perkins Mountain: 9.0 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Judy Byrd Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Former Confederate Flag: 1.0 mi
- Confederate Monument: 1.0 mi
- Granite Pillars of Historic Sites: 1.0 mi
- Doyle Thomas Park Welcome Monument: 1.2 mi
- Welcome to Doyle Thomas Park Monument: 1.2 mi
- Langhorne House Trust: 0.8 mi
- Sutherlin Mansion: 1.0 mi
- Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History: 1.0 mi
- Danville Science Center: 1.9 mi
- AAF Tank Museum: 4.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.7 mi
- Science Center Butterfly Garden: 2.0 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Garden & Waystation: 3.0 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 17.1 mi
- Leaksville Boating Access: 19.8 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 23.2 mi
- Family Fun Zone: 0.7 mi
- Shangri-La Stone Village: 22.4 mi
- Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Main St. Plaza Pergula: 1.7 mi
- Danville Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
- Prancing Horse: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | NW 306° | 521 m | 23.8 mi |
| Turkeycock Mountain | NW 319° | 505 m | 22.8 mi |
| Orchard Knob | NW 307° | 436 m | 24.8 mi |
| Hickory Knob | NW 312° | 421 m | 23.9 mi |
| Nance Mountain | WNW 294° | 399 m | 24.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | NW 316° | 383 m | 23.9 mi |
| Brier Mountain | NNW 329° | 358 m | 20.6 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | N 357° | 350 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville 2 SE, 3 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
- American Goldfinch11 obs
- House Finch11 obs
- Mallard10 obs
- Eastern Bluebird10 obs
- Huron Skipper10 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper8 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk7 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/668201874
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