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Needle Beach

Needle Beach from directly overhead

Needle Beach is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Baines Hill stands 20 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Nelson, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 29 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.84063, -76.30287

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crawford Levee Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Nelson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Swimming Point Conservancy: 0.2 mi
  • Greenwich Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Glasgow Street Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • LOVE: 0.2 mi
  • Armed Forces Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Homecoming: 0.6 mi
  • Waterwork: 0.6 mi
  • Revolutionary War Cannons: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 46
Gardens: 42
  • Friendship Courtyard: 0.4 mi
  • Fred Heutte Center: 1.5 mi
  • White House Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • ZooFarm Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 21
Nature reserves: 16
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Trashmore: 9.9 mi
  • Encore Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Knob Hill: 15.0 mi
  • White Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Baines Hill: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Shelter #3: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Shelter #1: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Benches: 23.4 mi
  • Picnic Benches: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baines HillSW 222°20 m24.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 94°18 m9.9 mi
White HillENE 75°10 m15.9 mi
Knob HillWSW 258°8 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:17
June solstice05:4719:5020:28
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1516:1316:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414349596775807872625144
Precip in3.63.14.03.74.14.85.76.66.24.53.53.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk S, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Norfolk, VA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1069794631

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