- Elevation, modelled
- 295 m
- Tallest summit within 14.8 miles
- Poor Mountain1,141 m · 11.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue Ridge Parkway3.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:44local time
- Coordinates
- 37.2664, -79.9658
Vic Thomas Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled 295 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sculpture Garden, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Vic Thomas Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,141 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,083 m | 10.7 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 285° | 998 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 223° | 975 m | 11.2 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 336° | 974 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 223° | 972 m | 11.2 mi |
| Masons Knob | SSW 210° | 961 m | 7.3 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | SW 223° | 935 m | 9.1 mi |
- 3.2 mi off the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 29.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 4 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ghent Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Bridge Park: 0.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Valley Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- Wasena Park: 0.4 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stone Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Rorer Hall: 1.2 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 1.4 mi
- Oscar Micheaux: 1.4 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 1.4 mi
- Hunton Life Saving and First Aid Crew: 1.5 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 1.1 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 1.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 1.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 6.3 mi
- Explore Park: 6.8 mi
- Carvins Cove: 8.6 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 0.0 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 1.1 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 1.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 1.2 mi
- The Rock: 5.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 1.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 1.3 mi
- Roanoke Star: 2.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 11.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 12.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 6.2 mi
- Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 13.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 16.4 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.7 mi
- Spring Well #25: 19.7 mi
- Big Spring: 23.6 mi
- Howrytown: 12.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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