Pocosham Park
Pocosham Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 44 m. Elk Hill stands 110 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Homeless Camp Ground, a park 0.8 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 18 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 44 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Homeless Camp Ground: 0.8 mi
- Broadrock Sports Complex: 1.5 mi
- Falling Creek Park: 3.4 mi
- Wayside Spring Park: 3.8 mi
- Forest Hill Park: 3.8 mi
- Abandoned Netherwood Quarry: 4.0 mi
- Abandoned Smith Quarry: 4.0 mi
- Abandoned Quarry (JF & AJ Bradley Property): 4.0 mi
- Abandoned Quarry (Middendorf Quarry): 4.1 mi
- Foushee-Ritchie Mill: 4.4 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 4.1 mi
- Dooley sundial: 4.6 mi
- Park Guardian II: 5.4 mi
- The Mill: 5.4 mi
- Cardinal Points: 5.6 mi
- Sankofa Community Orchard: 2.7 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Owl Orchard Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Eppa Hunton's Grave: 4.8 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 4.8 mi
- Jefferson Davis's Grave: 4.8 mi
- Claude A. Swanson's Grave: 4.8 mi
- J. L. M. Curry's Grave: 4.8 mi
- The Richmond Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
- American Civil War Museum: 5.5 mi
- Clarke-Palmore House Museum: 5.8 mi
- First Freedom Center: 5.9 mi
- Virginia Holocaust Museum: 5.9 mi
- Beaufont Springs: 2.6 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 3.7 mi
- Wayside Spring: 3.8 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 3.9 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 4.3 mi
- Gambles Hill: 5.6 mi
- Shooters Hill: 10.2 mi
- Blanco Mount: 13.1 mi
- Turkey Hill: 14.1 mi
- Malvern Hill: 15.4 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 6.1 mi
- New Market Park: 10.1 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 10.9 mi
- Amelia: 20.8 mi
- Amelia Wildlife Management Area: 22.1 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 5.1 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Point of Rocks: 14.1 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 8.1 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 20.0 mi
- Lorraine: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pocosham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Hill | W 267° | 110 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sabot Hill | NW 307° | 92 m | 17.4 mi |
| Shooters Hill | NW 314° | 69 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sliding Hill | NNE 13° | 63 m | 15.4 mi |
| Gambles Hill | NE 36° | 44 m | 5.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 63° | 43 m | 14.1 mi |
| Malvern Hill | ESE 110° | 41 m | 15.4 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ESE 117° | 28 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 10 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle26 obs
- eastern poison ivy12 obs
- American pokeweed8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
- white clover7 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail7 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider7 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk6 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/1084702409
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