Sound Beach
Sound Beach is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Italian Hill stands 3 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Onancock Gazebo Area, a park 4.5 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Guard Shore: 10.9 mi
- Crisfield County Club, Inc. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 16.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 18.2 mi
- Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Area: 18.2 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 18.3 mi
- Onancock Gazebo Area: 4.5 mi
- Onancock Town Park: 4.7 mi
- George N McMath Park: 7.1 mi
- Accomac Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Sawmill Park: 9.6 mi
- Guard Shore: 10.9 mi
- Cedar Island Beach: 14.6 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 16.0 mi
- Langford Sand: 16.3 mi
- Sound Shore: 17.5 mi
- Town of Parksley War Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 9.9 mi
- Makemie Monument: 16.9 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 9.9 mi
- J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 16.6 mi
- Nature Center: 18.8 mi
- Watts Island Rocks: 4.7 mi
- Italian Hill: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sound Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Hill | SE 138° | 3 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:08 | 16:49 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Painter 2 W, 11 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Chesconessex Creek, Schooner Bay, VA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356566160
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