Pittsylvania Wayside Park
Pittsylvania Wayside Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Smith Mountain stands 590 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Roosevelt Mattox Park, a park 1.3 miles away. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Roosevelt Mattox Park: 1.3 mi
- English Park: 1.9 mi
- Bedford Avenue Neighborhood Park: 2.1 mi
- Shreve Park: 2.4 mi
- Leonard Coleman Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 1.5 mi
- Roark Mill: 1.9 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Bethany Church: 4.8 mi
- Mansion Truss Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Jasper Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Moon Mountain: 4.6 mi
- King George Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Hogan's Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.0 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- Saponi Garden: 9.9 mi
- Poplar Forest Herb Garden: 18.0 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 18.6 mi
- Avoca Museum: 4.0 mi
- Yates Tavern: 11.0 mi
- Sharswood Plantation: 13.2 mi
- Campbell County Museum: 17.7 mi
- Poplar Forest Museum: 18.1 mi
- LOVE: 2.0 mi
- Rhinoceros: 22.1 mi
- Hayes Hall Bell: 23.0 mi
- Hayes Monument: 23.0 mi
- Olympic Runner: 23.6 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 20.3 mi
- VUL Sign: 23.0 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 23.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 23.8 mi
- Point of Honor: 24.8 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 21.9 mi
- The Devil's Bookcase: 24.4 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 23.7 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 24.6 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pittsylvania Wayside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Mountain | WSW 249° | 590 m | 14.4 mi |
| Thaxton Mountain | NW 312° | 586 m | 23.1 mi |
| Greer Knob | WSW 246° | 495 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bramletts Mountain | WNW 301° | 484 m | 24.1 mi |
| Board Mountain | WNW 292° | 451 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NW 308° | 446 m | 23.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | WNW 302° | 440 m | 24.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | NE 43° | 437 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg Rgnl AP, 17 mi away.
- fire pink10 obs
- fan clubmoss6 obs
- dimpled trout lily6 obs
- azure bluet5 obs
- northern green-and-gold5 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage4 obs
- Christmas fern4 obs
- flowering dogwood4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/923463954
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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