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Rudd Creek Public Use Area

Rudd Creek Public Use Area from directly overhead

Rudd Creek Public Use Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Ivy Hill stands 120 m to the south, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rochichi Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 21 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
100 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.65542, -78.44000

81 named places within 25 miles

Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Thyne Institute Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • Earthwork Fortification: 21.3 mi
  • Artillery Emplacement: 21.5 mi
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 5.3 mi
  • Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 22.6 mi
  • J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 23.8 mi
  • Seven Oaks Gardens: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Osage Picnic Shelter: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Solitary Sentinel: 5.3 mi
  • Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rudd Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillS 176°120 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:26
June solstice05:5619:5820:36
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2316:2217:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596775807872605043
Precip in3.32.93.93.54.65.24.43.34.83.83.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville, 7 mi away.

  • Bluegill16 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel5 obs
  • North American Luna Moth3 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
  • Leopard Slug3 obs
  • Fowler's Toad3 obs
  • Channel Catfish3 obs
  • Osprey3 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/356565285

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