Pulaski Wayside Picnic Area
Pulaski Wayside Picnic Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 836 m. Sugar Run Mountain stands 1,238 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Dusenberry Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 836 m
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 29.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 25 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 26 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dusenberry Knob: 0.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Draper Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Peak Knob: 2.1 mi
- Stony Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Dora Highway Park: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Park: 2.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.2 mi
- Sixth Street Park: 2.4 mi
- Pulaski Historic Residential District: 2.5 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 16.9 mi
- This Way: 20.3 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 21.0 mi
- Montgomery County Bicentennial: 22.1 mi
- Montgomery County War Memorial: 22.1 mi
- DAK Lights: 6.9 mi
- Modern Art: 21.0 mi
- Modern Art: 21.0 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 21.7 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 24.4 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 17.6 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 21.6 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 22.1 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 23.2 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 23.8 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 5.6 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 5.7 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 15.3 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 24.2 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 22.2 mi
- Crooked Creek: 23.2 mi
- High Point: 14.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 19.9 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 19.1 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 24.6 mi
- Waterfront: 7.6 mi
- Water Front: 11.5 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 13.3 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 22.0 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 22.9 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pulaski Wayside Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Run Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,238 m | 16.3 mi |
| Walker Mountain | W 279° | 1,224 m | 17.5 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,179 m | 16.1 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 301° | 1,153 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sand Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,123 m | 17.5 mi |
| High Rocks | WSW 244° | 1,111 m | 17.1 mi |
| Lick Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,073 m | 17.8 mi |
| Dead Pine Mountain | SE 137° | 1,048 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski 2 E, 3 mi away.
- fire pink8 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard6 obs
- galax6 obs
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- mountain laurel4 obs
- red columbine4 obs
- striped wintergreen4 obs
- wild yam4 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/804696422
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