The Sands
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The Sands is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south-southeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Horsehead Cliffs, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 24.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westmoreland State Park: 1.1 mi
- Castlewood Park: 6.0 mi
- Eleanor Park: 6.1 mi
- Cobb Island Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Robin Grove Park: 6.5 mi
- Kentucky Hill: 3.1 mi
- Flamstard Hill: 3.6 mi
- New Richmond Hill: 4.5 mi
- Clifton Hill: 4.7 mi
- Smith Mount Hill: 4.8 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 6.1 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 7.8 mi
- Richmond County Museum: 16.3 mi
- Port Royal Museum of American History: 17.1 mi
- Old Port Royal School: 17.2 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 2.4 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 6.2 mi
- Essex County War Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 18.0 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 14.8 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 17.0 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 19.4 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 19.5 mi
- Former DNR: 21.6 mi
- Fossil Beach: 1.4 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 8.3 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 10.6 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 12.1 mi
- Ragged Point Beach: 14.6 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 0.7 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 19.1 mi
- Lighthouse: 20.5 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Sands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SSE 159° | 55 m | 10.0 mi |
| China Hill | S 182° | 54 m | 5.6 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | SW 234° | 52 m | 4.5 mi |
| Grants Hill | WSW 239° | 52 m | 5.6 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SSE 151° | 52 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SSE 157° | 52 m | 12.0 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | ESE 107° | 50 m | 3.1 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | W 276° | 49 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warsaw 2 NW, 14 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.63 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Colonial Beach, Va., VA, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/670943413
Day trips start here
- Cobb Island · 6 mi
- Westmoreland County · 6 mi
- Southern Maryland · 14 mi
- Leonardtown · 15 mi
- Lexington Park · 24 mi
- St. Mary's City · 24 mi
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