Westhaven Recreation Center
Westhaven Recreation Center is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Baines Hill stands 20 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunt Mapp Athletic Fields, a park 0.7 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 28 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
- 28.6 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunt Mapp Athletic Fields: 0.7 mi
- John Tyler Fields: 0.7 mi
- Portsmouth City Park: 0.7 mi
- Simonsdale Athletic Area: 0.8 mi
- Franklin Circle Park: 1.2 mi
- LOVE: 3.2 mi
- Armed Forces Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Homecoming: 3.6 mi
- Waterwork: 3.6 mi
- Lone Sailor: 3.6 mi
- Fort Nelson: 3.1 mi
- Arnold's British Defenses, 1781: 3.1 mi
- Cornwalis at Portsmouth: 3.1 mi
- Spanish American War 1898-1902: 3.3 mi
- U.S. Lightship 101: 3.3 mi
- Friendship Courtyard: 3.1 mi
- Fred Heutte Center: 4.0 mi
- White House Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
- Wellness Orchard: 5.4 mi
- ZooFarm Garden: 5.4 mi
- Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum: 2.4 mi
- Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center: 3.1 mi
- Railroad Museum of Virginia: 3.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Virginia: 3.2 mi
- Hill House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Pokey Smokey II: 0.7 mi
- Archway: 3.3 mi
- Fresnel Lens from Hog Island Light: 3.4 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 3.6 mi
- F/A-18: 6.9 mi
- Needle Beach: 3.0 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 10.2 mi
- Outlook Beach: 12.8 mi
- Huntington Beach: 13.7 mi
- Chix Beach: 13.8 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
- Camp Moonya: 5.7 mi
- Chesapeake Arboretum: 9.2 mi
- Cavalier: 11.0 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 11.6 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Mintonville Point: 11.2 mi
- Brock Point: 11.8 mi
- Muskrat Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Holly Point: 15.3 mi
- Knob Hill: 11.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 12.9 mi
- Encore Hill: 13.1 mi
- White Hill: 18.9 mi
- Baines Hill: 22.4 mi
- Keeper's House: 12.0 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- Old Cape Henry Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Cape Henry Lighthouse: 20.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 3.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Westhaven Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baines Hill | SW 217° | 20 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | E 91° | 18 m | 12.9 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 75° | 10 m | 18.9 mi |
| Knob Hill | WSW 257° | 8 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk S, 8 mi away.
- Monarch74 obs
- Black Swallowtail42 obs
- American Lady24 obs
- Small White22 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail19 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper19 obs
- Fiery Skipper17 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail17 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/356603229
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