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West End Park Fairgrounds

West End Park Fairgrounds from directly overhead

West End Park Fairgrounds is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Gunns Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is A.P. Hill Community Center Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 0.4 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
28 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.21729, -77.42050

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Peter Jones Trading Station: 1.3 mi
  • Fort Gregg, Petersburg National Battlefield: 2.1 mi
  • Sixth Maryland Infantry: 4.0 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 9.1 mi
  • Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 12.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 52
Museums: 36
Gardens: 34
  • Stockton Community Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Oak Grove Community Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Broad Rock Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Garber Street Community Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Swansboro Community Garden: 20.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Beaufont Springs: 20.8 mi
  • Fonticello Lithia Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Forest Hill Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Chimborazo Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Spring: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Blanco Mount: 11.7 mi
  • Kimages Hill: 13.9 mi
  • Lamptie Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Malvern Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Evelynton Heights: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 12.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 13.0 mi
  • Pony Pasture - James River Park: 23.8 mi
  • Toe Ink Wayside: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Carson Safety Rest Area: 14.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunns HillSW 232°107 m22.0 mi
Gambles HillN 357°44 m22.2 mi
Malvern HillNE 39°41 m15.9 mi
Evelynton HeightsENE 62°28 m16.7 mi
Blanco MountNNE 31°25 m11.7 mi
Lamptie HillNE 45°24 m15.3 mi
Kimages HillNE 51°17 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2116:1616:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394148586775797771604942
Precip in3.02.74.43.64.44.24.75.34.63.43.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 2 mi away.

  • Japanese stiltgrass39 obs
  • American sweetgum26 obs
  • Chinese privet26 obs
  • henbit deadnettle22 obs
  • American pokeweed21 obs
  • cardinal flower20 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia20 obs
  • American sycamore19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/783103219

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