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Port Republic Historic District

Port Republic Historic District from directly overhead

Port Republic Historic District is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 323 m. Big Flat Mountain stands 1,033 m to the east-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 6.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
323 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.29596, -78.81225

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Grand Caverns Regional Park: 2.8 mi
  • Weyers Cave Community Center: 5.2 mi
  • East Rockingham Recreation Association: 5.9 mi
  • Rockingham Park at the Crossroads: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 29
Museums: 18
Gardens: 12
  • Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 9.7 mi
  • ISAT Patio: 9.9 mi
  • Heishman Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 17.4 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 6
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Port Republic Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Flat MountainESE 113°1,033 m8.4 mi
Trayfoot MountainSSE 146°1,025 m6.0 mi
Cedar MountainSE 134°1,010 m7.8 mi
Flattop MountainE 90°1,006 m11.2 mi
Loft MountainESE 103°1,002 m9.1 mi
Lairds KnobNNE 23°1,000 m11.4 mi
Grubbs KnobNNE 23°975 m13.1 mi
Little Flat MountainESE 118°954 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:27
June solstice05:5320:0320:43
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:2916:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271757366554436
Precip in2.72.23.23.34.03.94.13.83.72.52.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 13 mi away.

  • Stream Bluet6 obs
  • American Robin4 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird4 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral4 obs
  • Silvery Checkerspot4 obs
  • Little Blue Heron3 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow3 obs
  • Eastern Phoebe3 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 node/356601116

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