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Wilkins Beach

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Wilkins Beach is a beach in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Italian Hill stands 3 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 29 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The story

beach in Northampton County, Virginia, United States

Wikidata Q49325325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.35458, -75.99521

69 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Northampton County Courthouse Historic District: 2.7 mi
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Cheriton station: 4.9 mi
  • Indiantown Recreation Park: 5.0 mi
  • Cape Charles Historic District: 5.9 mi
  • Central Park: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Mockhorn: 8.7 mi
  • Kiptopeke State Park: 13.1 mi
  • Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge: 13.2 mi
  • Mockhorn Island State Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
  • Magothy Bay Natural Area Reserve: 13.9 mi
Museums: 8
  • Cape Charles Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Mathews Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
  • Mathews Maritime Museum: 18.7 mi
  • Gwynn's Island Museum: 19.3 mi
  • Tea House: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Memorial Garden: 4.7 mi
  • New Roots Youth Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Children's Garden: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 2
  • The Isaacs: 18.6 mi
  • Italian Hill: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Mathews County Confederate Monument: 18.7 mi
  • Back River Lighthouse Ruins: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Canonie Atlantic Company Railbox: 6.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Italian HillNE 56°3 m24.8 mi
The IsaacsS 174°2 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4419:5020:29
September equinox06:5218:2819:03
December solstice07:1516:1016:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404146576575807872625144

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastville, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Oyster Harbor, VA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356582185

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