Rixey Moore Memorial Park
Rixey Moore Memorial Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. High Knob stands 728 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Hill Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 8.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 16.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 16 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 18 mi
- Split Rock · 18 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rose Hill Park: 0.0 mi
- Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds: 1.4 mi
- Chet Monet Park: 1.5 mi
- Watermelon Park: 4.3 mi
- Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield: 6.1 mi
- Grindstone Hill: 0.9 mi
- Lewin Hill: 4.9 mi
- Taylors Hill: 5.3 mi
- Toy Hill: 6.3 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 6.4 mi
- Town of Boyce: 5.8 mi
- Saratoga: 5.8 mi
- White Post: 9.0 mi
- POW-MIA Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Huntfield Community Obelisk: 9.6 mi
- Cider Stage: 9.1 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 9.2 mi
- Peacocks: 9.2 mi
- Pig Pen: 9.2 mi
- Cow Train: 9.2 mi
- Josephine School Community Museum: 0.6 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 8.4 mi
- Abram's Delight: 9.7 mi
- Old Court House Civil War Museum: 10.1 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: 10.2 mi
- The Peacemakers: 9.6 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 9.7 mi
- Bird In Flight: 9.8 mi
- Daniel Morgan: 9.9 mi
- Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 10.0 mi
- Red Bud Run: 6.8 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 8.0 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 8.8 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 5.5 mi
- Town Spring: 10.8 mi
- Harris Springs: 11.1 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 11.1 mi
- Potts Springs: 11.1 mi
- Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.4 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 9.2 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 10.1 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 14.4 mi
- River Access: 5.4 mi
- River Access: 6.0 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 9.9 mi
- Beach 2: 20.9 mi
- Beach 1: 21.5 mi
- Pua Falls: 7.0 mi
- Mountain Falls: 22.8 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 24.7 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 24.9 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 9.7 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 16.8 mi
- Dargan Bend: 19.6 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 22.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Rixey Moore Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SSW 201° | 728 m | 19.5 mi |
| Blue Mountain | S 190° | 674 m | 13.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | S 190° | 644 m | 20.0 mi |
| Ravensden Rock | SSW 200° | 604 m | 20.4 mi |
| Paris | S 185° | 590 m | 11.5 mi |
| Paris Mountain | SSE 160° | 587 m | 8.6 mi |
| Shockeys Knob | NW 322° | 567 m | 21.3 mi |
| Roundtop | NNW 343° | 512 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX 3, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly12 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
- red deadnettle9 obs
- Common Box Turtle7 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell7 obs
- Amur honeysuckle7 obs
- Mourning Dove6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356592700
Day trips start here
- Harpers Ferry · 18 mi
- Middleburg · 18 mi
- Loudoun County · 19 mi
- Martinsburg · 21 mi
- Brunswick · 22 mi
- Shepherdstown · 22 mi
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