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Southeast Recreation Center

Southeast Recreation Center from directly overhead

Southeast Recreation Center is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 323 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
323 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.26373, -79.92326

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 10
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.3 mi
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Mountain View Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Beale Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Tinker Cliffs: 12.7 mi
  • Dragon's Tooth: 15.3 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 2
  • Spring Well #25: 20.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Southeast Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poor MountainWSW 250°1,141 m13.4 mi
Cahas MountainSSW 207°1,083 m11.3 mi
Fort Lewis MountainWNW 284°998 m13.4 mi
Bent MountainSW 232°975 m12.8 mi
McAfee KnobNW 325°974 m10.9 mi
Bull Run KnobSW 231°972 m12.8 mi
Masons KnobSW 224°961 m8.6 mi
Hemppatch MountainSW 233°935 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice06:0020:0520:44
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:3116:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674787670594841
Precip in3.22.93.53.54.34.74.33.44.13.03.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly90 obs
  • Least Sandpiper56 obs
  • Solitary Sandpiper48 obs
  • Mallard39 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle38 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • Monarch35 obs
  • Annual Honesty35 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356593476

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