Scottsville Recreation Center
Scottsville Recreation Center is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 119 m. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Clief Natural Area, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 119 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 13 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 22 mi
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 22 mi
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scottsville Historic District: 2.4 mi
- Bruce Park: 2.5 mi
- Dorrier Park: 2.6 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Simpson Park: 3.9 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Green Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Round Top: 7.2 mi
- Mount Alto: 7.2 mi
- Ammonett Mountain: 7.8 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 10.1 mi
- James Monroe: 11.5 mi
- James Monroe: 11.6 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 13.1 mi
- King Alfred and His Court: 13.5 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 8.1 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 11.5 mi
- Union Mills Dam: 13.7 mi
- Union Mills Lock: 13.7 mi
- Crofton Lock: 14.0 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 7.8 mi
- Hardware River: 9.3 mi
- Hardware River: 9.6 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 13.3 mi
- West Lawn: 13.4 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 14.1 mi
- Student Garden: 14.5 mi
- Washington Park Bog Garden: 15.0 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 2.6 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 9.8 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 13.1 mi
- Michie Tavern: 13.1 mi
- Monticello: 13.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 12.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 12.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 13.1 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 13.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 13.4 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 11.4 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 14.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 18.6 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 23.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 23.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 24.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 15.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Canada: 14.3 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Scottsville Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | WNW 302° | 726 m | 13.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | NW 308° | 722 m | 13.9 mi |
| Massies Mountain | WNW 298° | 657 m | 14.9 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NW 305° | 590 m | 14.4 mi |
| Walnut Top | WNW 292° | 572 m | 12.6 mi |
| Archer Mountain | WNW 290° | 566 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mill Mountain | NW 309° | 563 m | 12.2 mi |
| Willoughby Mountain | W 262° | 562 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2 SSE, 12 mi away.
- Western Flycatcher9 obs
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- Peck's Skipper4 obs
- American Kestrel3 obs
- Eastern Phoebe3 obs
- poison hemlock3 obs
- striped wintergreen3 obs
- Orchard Orbweaver3 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/792347220
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 14 mi
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