Wildwood Beach
Wildwood Beach is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Butylo Bluff, a cliff 3.9 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 26 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Essex County, Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q49325322, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
67 named places within 25 miles
- Richmond Hill: 9.1 mi
- Smith Hill: 11.4 mi
- Hogans Hill: 13.4 mi
- Dickeys Hill: 13.6 mi
- Sexton Hill: 14.5 mi
- Totuskey Park: 8.1 mi
- Tom Rhodes Tree Carving Trail: 10.1 mi
- The Bounds: 10.3 mi
- Tappahannock Historic District: 10.4 mi
- Rappahannock River Park: 10.5 mi
- Morattico Waterfront Museum: 6.2 mi
- Bel Air Mansion And Guest House: 9.0 mi
- Richmond County Museum: 10.4 mi
- Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library: 15.3 mi
- Middlesex County Museum: 16.0 mi
- Davis Beach: 13.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 13.8 mi
- Beach Area: 21.2 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 21.4 mi
- Public Beach: 21.5 mi
- Hickory Hollow State Natural Area Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Bush Mill Stream Natural Area Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 21.4 mi
- Wahrani Nature Trail: 22.1 mi
- Butylo Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildwood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | NNW 346° | 55 m | 16.4 mi |
| China Hill | NNW 339° | 54 m | 21.0 mi |
| Sexton Hill | N 349° | 52 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pantico Hill | N 351° | 52 m | 16.8 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | N 350° | 50 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Eagle Hill | NNW 333° | 48 m | 18.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 344° | 48 m | 19.7 mi |
| Smith Mount Hill | NNW 334° | 48 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:11 | 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, 13 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.8 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wares Wharf, VA, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356567761
Day trips start here
- Westmoreland County · 21 mi
- Point Lookout · 28 mi
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