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Oak Avenue Minipark

Oak Avenue Minipark from directly overhead

Oak Avenue Minipark is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 17 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.99108, -76.40567

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Fluidity: 1.8 mi
  • Lincoln and Armstrong Shrine: 4.2 mi
  • Lion 3: 5.6 mi
  • Lion 4: 5.6 mi
  • Lion 2: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Victory Arch: 1.8 mi
  • William Tucker Cemetry: 2.8 mi
  • Big Barrels: 3.3 mi
  • Rosa Parks: 4.1 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Memorial: 4.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 46
  • Newport News Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Hampton Roads Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Buckroe Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • African Village Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Wellness Orchard: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 10
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 7
Peaks: 4
  • Knob Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 19.1 mi
  • Encore Hill: 19.3 mi
  • White Hill: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Shelter #1: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #3: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreSE 125°18 m19.1 mi
White HillESE 106°10 m21.9 mi
Knob HillSSW 213°8 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4719:5120:29
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1616:1316:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414349586775797872615144
Precip in3.52.94.43.33.84.05.34.94.83.93.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Langley AFB, 7 mi away.

  • Canada Goose13 obs
  • Common Box Turtle9 obs
  • red deadnettle9 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel7 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird6 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 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/355844642

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