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Three and a Half Street Playground

Three and a Half Street Playground from directly overhead

Three and a Half Street Playground is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Gambles Hill stands 44 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 8.1 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.30546, -77.29102

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Brady: 7.1 mi
  • Peter Jones Trading Station: 8.1 mi
  • Parsonage Ruins: 8.2 mi
  • Fort Hoke: 9.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 55
  • Garber Street Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Powhatan Hill Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Grove Community Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Chimborazo Native Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Stockton Community Garden: 16.7 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 22
Springs: 10
  • Chimborazo Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Fonticello Lithia Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Forest Hill Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Wayside Spring: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Peaks: 8
  • Blanco Mount: 4.0 mi
  • Kimages Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Lamptie Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Malvern Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Evelynton Heights: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 8.5 mi
  • Toe Ink Wayside: 15.0 mi
  • Pony Pasture - James River Park: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Area: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Carson Safety Rest Area: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Three and a Half Street Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gambles HillNNW 332°44 m18.1 mi
Turkey HillN 3°43 m17.8 mi
Malvern HillNNE 24°41 m6.9 mi
Minitree HillNE 55°36 m17.6 mi
Evelynton HeightsENE 78°28 m7.9 mi
Blanco MountNNW 345°25 m4.0 mi
Lamptie HillNE 38°24 m6.0 mi
Kimages HillNE 54°17 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:5019:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2016:1516:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451616976807873625244
Precip in3.53.04.03.84.34.65.25.65.13.73.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopewell, under a mile away.

  • Heermann's Gull29 obs
  • American pokeweed20 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Bald Eagle17 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail17 obs
  • Paper mulberry16 obs
  • Canada Goose15 obs
  • autumn clematis14 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 way/838612845

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