Wallops Beach
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Wallops Beach is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Italian Hill stands 3 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge, a park 3.2 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Accomack County, Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q49325213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Guard Shore: 11.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 12.0 mi
- Lambertson - Reid Farm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 12.1 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 12.3 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 12.6 mi
- Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge: 3.2 mi
- Mariner's Point: 4.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
- Jessie R. Watson, Senior Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Waterfront Park: 7.5 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 6.9 mi
- Bow Beach: 10.6 mi
- Guard Shore: 11.5 mi
- Sound Shore: 15.5 mi
- Cedar Island Beach: 17.1 mi
- Museum of Chincoteague Island: 7.9 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 11.2 mi
- Costen House Museum: 16.2 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 16.4 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 22.6 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 4.7 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 4.7 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Makemie Monument: 10.7 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 11.2 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 7.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 15.4 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 13.0 mi
- Italian Hill: 22.2 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 16.3 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 16.5 mi
- Horse: 6.8 mi
- Watts Island Rocks: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wallops Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Hill | SSW 202° | 3 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | NE 44° | 1 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
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, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wallops Island, VA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356567103
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