Walnut Creek Park
Walnut Creek Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the west, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ammonett Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 8 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 14 mi
- Calf Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- McCormick Gap Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ammonett Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Gay Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Dudley Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Round Top: 3.4 mi
- Cook Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Biscuit Run Park: 5.2 mi
- Azalea Park: 7.0 mi
- Longwood Park: 7.3 mi
- Fry's Spring Beach Club: 7.4 mi
- Frys Spring Park: 7.5 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 7.0 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 7.1 mi
- Mountain Man: 7.3 mi
- Bear Statue: 7.5 mi
- George Welsh: 8.2 mi
- Graveyard Site: 8.0 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 8.3 mi
- Kitty Foster Cemetery: 8.5 mi
- Kitty Foster Homestead: 8.5 mi
- Lambeth Ruins: 8.6 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 7.4 mi
- Student Garden: 8.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 8.8 mi
- Keunen Garden: 9.4 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 9.4 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 7.0 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 10.4 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 12.4 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 12.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 12.9 mi
- Michie Tavern: 8.9 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 8.9 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 9.1 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 9.3 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 9.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 14.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 14.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 15.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 15.2 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 15.4 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 18.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 18.7 mi
- Coiner Spring: 20.2 mi
- Hickory Spring: 20.2 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 21.0 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 8.2 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 9.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 17.9 mi
- Apple Cannon: 22.1 mi
- Endless View Farms: 22.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 18.4 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 21.5 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 21.9 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 22.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 13.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 22.1 mi
- Canada: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Walnut Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | W 270° | 726 m | 7.9 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 281° | 722 m | 7.4 mi |
| Massies Mountain | W 268° | 657 m | 9.5 mi |
| Moses Mountain | W 277° | 590 m | 8.1 mi |
| Walnut Top | WSW 252° | 572 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | W 260° | 571 m | 12.1 mi |
| Archer Mountain | WSW 257° | 566 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mill Mountain | W 273° | 563 m | 5.8 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 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| 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 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 8 mi away.
- fan clubmoss42 obs
- mountain laurel23 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker22 obs
- Canada Goose18 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander17 obs
- crane-fly orchid17 obs
- Chuey's Wild Ginger17 obs
- Eastern Bluebird16 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/135278867
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 9 mi
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