Watermelon Park
Watermelon Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. High Knob stands 728 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewin Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 17.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 18 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 19 mi
- Split Rock · 20 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lewin Hill: 0.6 mi
- Taylors Hill: 1.3 mi
- Toy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 2.4 mi
- Grindstone Hill: 3.6 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 4.3 mi
- Rixey Moore Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield: 4.9 mi
- Bears Den Park: 5.1 mi
- Chet Monet Park: 5.6 mi
- Town of Boyce: 6.3 mi
- Saratoga: 6.3 mi
- Snowden Ruins: 7.7 mi
- White Post: 8.9 mi
- Shannondale Lodge: 10.6 mi
- Cider Stage: 6.3 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 6.3 mi
- Jumping Pillow #1: 6.3 mi
- Peacocks: 6.3 mi
- Pig Pen: 6.4 mi
- Josephine School Community Museum: 3.7 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 6.0 mi
- Abram's Delight: 12.7 mi
- Old Court House Civil War Museum: 13.4 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: 13.4 mi
- The Peacemakers: 12.6 mi
- Bird In Flight: 12.8 mi
- Daniel Morgan: 13.2 mi
- Admiral Richard Byrd: 13.3 mi
- Confederate Soldier Monument: 13.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 4.5 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 4.8 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Red Bud Run: 10.5 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.9 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 8.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.1 mi
- Harris Springs: 11.1 mi
- Potts Springs: 11.1 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 6.2 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 6.3 mi
- Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 12.7 mi
- River Access: 4.1 mi
- River Access: 4.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 10.5 mi
- Beach 2: 24.7 mi
- Pua Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 22.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.6 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.0 mi
- Dargan Bend: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 13.8 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 20.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Watermelon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SSW 212° | 728 m | 17.0 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 204° | 674 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSW 199° | 644 m | 16.8 mi |
| Ravensden Rock | SSW 210° | 604 m | 17.9 mi |
| Paris | SSW 202° | 590 m | 8.3 mi |
| Paris Mountain | S 169° | 587 m | 4.4 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | S 182° | 476 m | 17.8 mi |
| Neersville | NE 43° | 467 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX 3, 3 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells13 obs
- Common Box Turtle12 obs
- dame's rocket10 obs
- Wingstem7 obs
- Dutchman's breeches6 obs
- Greater celandine6 obs
- ground-ivy6 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort6 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 node/356592718
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 14 mi
- Loudoun County · 16 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 19 mi
- Leesburg · 20 mi
- Brunswick · 23 mi
- Shepherdstown · 24 mi
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