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Morrison Park

Morrison Park from directly overhead

Morrison Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 416 m. Dundore Mountain stands 1,244 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 16 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.45612, -78.87454

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Courtyard: 0.5 mi
  • Denton Park: 0.7 mi
  • Westover Park: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 21
Artworks: 16
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 12
Attractions: 6
  • Fear Forest: 7.6 mi
  • Endless View Farms: 19.8 mi
  • Apple Cannon: 19.8 mi
  • Shenandoah Caverns: 21.1 mi
  • Cooter's Luray: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Heishman Garden: 1.1 mi
  • ISAT Patio: 1.6 mi
  • Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 1.9 mi
  • Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 14.8 mi
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 14.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Morrison Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dundore MountainWNW 290°1,244 m15.0 mi
Oak KnobW 278°1,175 m14.1 mi
Feedstone MountainNW 310°1,174 m14.9 mi
Bald KnobNW 313°1,124 m13.6 mi
Pond KnobW 281°1,098 m14.9 mi
Goods MountainWNW 296°1,088 m13.4 mi
Second MountainNW 312°1,087 m10.5 mi
Brushy MountainNW 314°1,070 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5320:0420:44
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3016:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271757366554436
Precip in2.72.23.23.34.03.94.13.83.72.52.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 3 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee257 obs
  • poison hemlock201 obs
  • Western Honey Bee153 obs
  • Huron Skipper129 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly114 obs
  • American pokeweed84 obs
  • Monarch78 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle76 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 way/468363407

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