Rockwood Park
Rockwood Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Elk Hill stands 110 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fernbrook Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 18 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Fernbrook Park: 1.2 mi
- Clarendon Park: 1.9 mi
- Warbro Road Athletic Complex: 2.7 mi
- River City Sportsplex: 2.9 mi
- Homeless Camp Ground: 3.9 mi
- Philip Spencer Hancock Monument: 5.3 mi
- Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Abandoned Quarry (Middendorf Quarry): 7.4 mi
- Abandoned Quarry (JF & AJ Bradley Property): 7.4 mi
- Abandoned Smith Quarry: 7.6 mi
- Dooley sundial: 8.1 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 8.4 mi
- Cardinal Points: 8.9 mi
- Bricks: 8.9 mi
- Michael Ramey Tribute: 9.1 mi
- Sankofa Community Orchard: 6.2 mi
- Owl Orchard Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Swansboro Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Eppa Hunton's Grave: 8.5 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 8.5 mi
- Jefferson Davis's Grave: 8.6 mi
- Claude A. Swanson's Grave: 8.6 mi
- J. L. M. Curry's Grave: 8.6 mi
- CCC Museum: 4.6 mi
- Children's Museum of Richmond: 6.1 mi
- Wilton House Museum: 8.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: 9.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of History and Culture: 9.3 mi
- Beaufont Springs: 4.6 mi
- Wayside Spring: 7.2 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 7.4 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 7.9 mi
- Dogwood Dell Spring: 8.0 mi
- Shooters Hill: 8.9 mi
- Gambles Hill: 9.5 mi
- Sabot Hill: 15.3 mi
- Blanco Mount: 16.1 mi
- Sliding Hill: 17.9 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 12.9 mi
- New Market Park: 13.9 mi
- Amelia: 16.5 mi
- Amelia Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 9.1 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Point of Rocks: 16.3 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 11.3 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 24.3 mi
- Lorraine: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rockwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Hill | W 270° | 110 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sabot Hill | NW 320° | 92 m | 15.3 mi |
| Shooters Hill | NNW 339° | 69 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sliding Hill | NNE 25° | 63 m | 17.9 mi |
| Gambles Hill | NE 52° | 44 m | 9.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 66° | 43 m | 18.4 mi |
| Malvern Hill | ESE 102° | 41 m | 19.1 mi |
| Blanco Mount | ESE 113° | 25 m | 16.1 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 | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:16 | 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, 15 mi away.
- crane-fly orchid78 obs
- perfoliate bellwort55 obs
- American holly51 obs
- Christmas fern42 obs
- fan clubmoss38 obs
- American sweetgum32 obs
- American beech31 obs
- Fowler's Toad29 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.
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