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Ridgeview Park

Ridgeview Park from directly overhead

Ridgeview Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 394 m. Devils Knob stands 1,172 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Plumb House Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.06616, -78.90844

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 34
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 17
Springs: 16
Gardens: 13
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 15.6 mi
  • Nelson County Wayside: 16.1 mi
  • North River Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Ridgeview Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils KnobSSW 194°1,172 m10.6 mi
Potatopatch MountainSSW 194°1,172 m10.7 mi
Humpback MountainS 176°1,099 m8.1 mi
Black Rock MountainS 188°1,050 m11.0 mi
Flint MountainSW 220°1,050 m11.9 mi
Kelley MountainSW 217°1,001 m10.7 mi
Bucks Elbow MountainENE 73°964 m9.3 mi
Humpback RocksS 177°949 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5420:0320:42
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2916:1917:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270757366554537
Precip in3.22.84.13.93.64.53.73.75.53.44.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 2 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly50 obs
  • Virginia bluebells34 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle25 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • common jewelweed19 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan17 obs
  • cardinal flower17 obs
  • American pokeweed17 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/544928448

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