Walrond Park
Walrond Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 341 m. Sinking Creek Mountain stands 1,117 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Garden, a garden 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 341 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 7 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Ridge: 1.4 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 3.4 mi
- Read Mountain: 3.5 mi
- McAfee Knob: 5.0 mi
- Hollins Park: 2.0 mi
- Preston Park: 2.9 mi
- Countryside Park: 3.1 mi
- Huff Lane Park: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Lawn Burial Park: 3.6 mi
- The Rock: 1.0 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 4.6 mi
- Hunton Life Saving and First Aid Crew: 5.4 mi
- 28 Wells Avenue, N.W.: 5.4 mi
- Oscar Micheaux: 5.4 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 1.1 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 5.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 5.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 5.6 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 5.6 mi
- Carvins Cove: 3.0 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Explore Park: 10.0 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 10.5 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 5.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 5.5 mi
- Roanoke Star: 7.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 17.1 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 5.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 5.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 5.9 mi
- The Rock: 6.4 mi
- The Solar Wind: 6.5 mi
- Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Beale Garden: 1.1 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 6.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 11.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.7 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 11.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 20.2 mi
- Camp Creek: 20.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 22.6 mi
- Big Spring: 20.9 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 24.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 24.6 mi
- Howrytown: 7.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Walrond Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinking Creek Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,117 m | 14.4 mi |
| Earn Knob | WNW 297° | 1,097 m | 13.6 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WSW 255° | 998 m | 11.3 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NW 305° | 974 m | 5.0 mi |
| Masons Knob | SSW 198° | 961 m | 12.8 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | SSW 207° | 935 m | 14.1 mi |
| North Mountain | NW 306° | 925 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cove Mountain | W 274° | 922 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, under a mile away.
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug27 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug20 obs
- Northern Mockingbird17 obs
- Huron Skipper17 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell15 obs
- Amur honeysuckle15 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/601963045
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 6 mi
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