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National Childrens Forest

National Childrens Forest from directly overhead

National Childrens Forest is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 583 m. Rich Patch Mountains stands 1,120 m to the east-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
583 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.66189, -80.07409

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 40
Springs: 7
  • Thomas Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Cove Creek Spring: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Museums: 7
  • Alleghany Historical Society: 9.9 mi
  • Craig County Historical Society: 11.1 mi
  • Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 15.6 mi
  • C&O Railway Heritage Center: 17.4 mi
  • Second Creek Mill: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Beaverdam Falls: 8.8 mi
  • The Cascades: 8.8 mi
  • Middle Cascades: 8.9 mi
  • Falling Spring Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Stony Run Falls: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Community Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Beale Garden: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Udderly Chic(k): 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of National Childrens Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich Patch MountainsENE 71°1,120 m7.7 mi
Hanging RockSW 225°1,102 m9.7 mi
Nicholls KnobE 87°1,084 m2.7 mi
Montgomery KnobENE 68°1,081 m8.1 mi
Bald MountainSSE 147°1,074 m3.8 mi
Mud Run MountainNE 54°1,067 m5.0 mi
Fork MountainESE 109°1,039 m3.1 mi
Morning KnobNNW 330°1,035 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:32
June solstice06:0020:0720:46
September equinox07:0918:4419:19
December solstice07:3216:2517:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526169737165544336
Precip in2.62.43.43.64.34.24.03.23.52.52.72.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Covington Fltr PLT, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Phoebe1 obs
  • Eastern Newt1 obs
  • Ghost Pipe1 obs
  • american witch-hazel1 obs
  • sugar maple1 obs
  • chicory1 obs
  • sassafras1 obs
  • ground-ivy1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356575782

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