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Planters Park

Planters Park from directly overhead

Planters Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Baines Hill stands 20 m to the south, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Peanut Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 19 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.71878, -76.58877

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peanut Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mary Estes Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Ida Easter Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tynes Park: 0.7 mi
  • Downtown Festival Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • LOVE: 18.1 mi
  • Armed Forces Memorial: 18.5 mi
  • Homecoming: 18.5 mi
  • Waterwork: 18.5 mi
  • Revolutionary War Cannons: 18.6 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Friendship Courtyard: 17.9 mi
  • Fred Heutte Center: 19.1 mi
  • Chesapeake Arboretum Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Chesapeake City Arboretum & Nursery: 19.4 mi
  • Entrance 5: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 27
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 6
Peaks: 3
  • Knob Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Baines Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Round Hill: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Shelter #3: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #1: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baines HillS 184°20 m9.9 mi
Round HillWNW 295°14 m20.8 mi
Knob HillNNE 13°8 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4919:5120:29
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1616:1416:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404349596674787771615144
Precip in3.73.04.13.63.94.75.75.85.84.33.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Suffolk Lake Kilby, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • Common Buckeye8 obs
  • Halloween Pennant8 obs
  • Creole Pearly-eye8 obs
  • Southern Pearly-eye7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 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/310451280

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