Bow Beach
Bow Beach is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Cherrytree Hill stands 1 m to the north-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, a park 0.4 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
beach in Accomack County, Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q49320230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chesapeake Forest: 8.5 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 9.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 10.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 10.2 mi
- Lambertson - Reid Farm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 10.6 mi
- Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: 0.4 mi
- Donald J. Leonard Park: 2.8 mi
- Mallory Square: 3.3 mi
- Waterfront Park: 3.6 mi
- Jessie R. Watson, Senior Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Museum of Chincoteague Island: 2.7 mi
- Costen House Museum: 16.3 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 16.4 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 16.6 mi
- Boathouse: 19.4 mi
- Wallops Beach: 10.6 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 17.2 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 19.0 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 19.4 mi
- Guard Shore: 21.1 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 6.0 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 6.0 mi
- Makemie Monument: 17.5 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 21.7 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 3.5 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 15.2 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 16.5 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 2.9 mi
- Horse: 4.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bow Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrytree Hill | NNE 15° | 1 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallops IS Nasa Test Facility, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Chincoteague Island, Oyster Bay, VA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560393
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