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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Minitree Hill stands 36 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Parkway passes 3.2 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
27 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.26790, -76.76005

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Abbey Commons Community Park: 1.2 mi
  • Roper Homestead Park: 1.2 mi
  • Timothy J. Sullivan Square: 1.3 mi
  • Elizabeth Davis Boulevard Park: 1.3 mi
  • Discovery Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Accenture Matoaka Walk: 2.3 mi
  • Mary-Cook Branch Munford Plaza: 2.5 mi
  • Tyler Family Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 38
Nature reserves: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Kingsmill Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Fossil Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Seining Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Beach Area: 13.5 mi
  • Yorktown Beach: 14.2 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Folly: 11.6 mi
  • Church Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Pig Hill: 18.2 mi
  • Minitree Hill: 19.5 mi
  • Evelynton Heights: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 7.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Minitree HillNW 311°36 m19.5 mi
Church HillNNE 33°30 m16.2 mi
Evelynton HeightsWNW 281°28 m21.9 mi
Pig HillNE 54°21 m18.2 mi
Mount FollyN 6°6 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1316:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249596775797872615143
Precip in3.83.14.34.03.94.25.95.75.44.23.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsburg 2 N, 4 mi away.

  • House Finch46 obs
  • Monarch43 obs
  • Green Treefrog40 obs
  • Northern Cardinal39 obs
  • White-tailed Deer39 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird34 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail34 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee31 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/47359731

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