Parker Park
Parker Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Ivy Hill stands 120 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is South Hill Tobacco Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 23 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 117 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
- 27.3 mi off the Lee's Retreat
65 named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Park: 1.4 mi
- Mecklenburg Wayside: 2.5 mi
- La Crosse Caboose Park: 3.9 mi
- La Crosse Town Park: 3.9 mi
- Tailrace Park: 12.0 mi
- South Hill Tobacco Museum: 1.1 mi
- Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce: 1.2 mi
- Brunswick County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Prestwould Plantation: 23.5 mi
- Clarksville Regional Museum: 23.9 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
- I-85 Southbound Welcome Center & Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Alberta Safety Rest Area North: 19.7 mi
- Alberta Safety Rest Area South: 19.8 mi
- Saint Paul’s Chapel School (Rosenwald Funded): 12.6 mi
- Thyne Institute Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Dr. L. Julian Haywood: 22.8 mi
- Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 24.1 mi
- Wrc Stonehouse Creek Access Area: 20.2 mi
- Wrc Henrico Access Area: 20.7 mi
- Old Soudan Wildlife Management Area: 22.9 mi
- Wrc Summit Access Area: 24.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Osage Picnic Shelter: 13.1 mi
- Chalk Level: 3.8 mi
- Rosseechees Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 12.2 mi
- Solitary Sentinel: 22.0 mi
- Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 22.0 mi
- J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Hill | WSW 238° | 120 m | 18.4 mi |
| Wilkins Hill | SE 126° | 100 m | 24.9 mi |
| Fort Hill | E 93° | 76 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John H Kerr DAM, 12 mi away.
- Spotted Salamander4 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog3 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk2 obs
- Mississippi Kite2 obs
- Southern Two-lined Salamander2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- greater periwinkle2 obs
- Pickerel Frog2 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/702265390
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