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Wolf Trap Park

Wolf Trap Park from directly overhead

Wolf Trap Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Church Hill stands 30 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chisman Creek Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 4.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.17499, -76.46285

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Abandoned sand mine and dump: 2.8 mi
  • Lighthouse Service Bell: 2.9 mi
  • Grace Church 1634 location: 2.9 mi
  • Olde Yorke Village Site: 3.0 mi
  • Civil War Howitzer: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • USS Monitor: 8.4 mi
  • General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 9.2 mi
  • Roman Rapids: 10.6 mi
  • The Trade Wind: 10.7 mi
  • Festa Italia: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Hampton Roads Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Newport News Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Buckroe Community Garden: 12.8 mi
Museums: 49
  • Aids to Navigation Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Discovery Center: 4.1 mi
  • Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center: 4.4 mi
  • Museum on Main: 4.9 mi
  • Watermen's Museum: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Cliffs: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Pig Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Church Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Mount Folly: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #1: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Church HillNNW 339°30 m21.4 mi
Pig HillN 355°21 m17.2 mi
Mount FollyNW 320°6 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4719:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:1716:1216:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249586775797772615143
Precip in3.12.63.33.13.74.14.75.44.94.23.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Fowler's Toad94 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail90 obs
  • Monarch50 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk33 obs
  • Black Swallowtail30 obs
  • American Lady29 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail28 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper28 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/371292449

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