Guard Shore
Guard Shore is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Italian Hill stands 3 m to the south, 20 miles off. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Guard Shore: 0.1 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 8.8 mi
- Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 9.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 9.8 mi
- Parksley Town Park: 4.4 mi
- Makemie Monument Park: 6.4 mi
- Accomack Wayside: 6.9 mi
- Accomac Historic District: 8.7 mi
- Sawmill Park: 8.9 mi
- Sound Shore: 9.0 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 9.5 mi
- Langford Sand: 10.0 mi
- Sound Beach: 10.9 mi
- Wallops Beach: 11.5 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 4.5 mi
- J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 13.5 mi
- Nature Center: 14.7 mi
- Costen House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 16.9 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 4.5 mi
- Town of Parksley War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Makemie Monument: 6.4 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 15.3 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 16.8 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 18.1 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 16.9 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 17.0 mi
- Italian Hill: 20.3 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 22.8 mi
- Watts Island Rocks: 12.5 mi
- Horse: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Guard Shore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Hill | S 171° | 3 m | 20.3 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | ENE 65° | 1 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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, 13 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Muddy Creek Entrance, VA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356562129
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