Point Beach
Point Beach is a cliff in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Baines Hill stands 20 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Boat Launch, a park 5.8 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 6.0 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
43 named places within 25 miles
- Boat Launch: 5.8 mi
- Barret’s Landing: 7.0 mi
- Franklin Historic District: 7.2 mi
- Camptown Park: 7.8 mi
- Joyner's Bridge Boat Ramp: 11.0 mi
- Cypress Bridge Swamp Natural Area Preserve: 8.9 mi
- NRCS Conservation Easement: 12.1 mi
- Shoups Landing Access Area: 12.3 mi
- Chowan Swamp Natural Area: 13.9 mi
- Wrc Tunnis Access Area: 14.2 mi
- Brady C. Jefcoat Museum: 12.5 mi
- Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House and Interpretive Center: 16.3 mi
- Suffolk Museum: 22.6 mi
- Riddicks Folly Museum: 23.5 mi
- Round Hill: 18.6 mi
- Baines Hill: 19.7 mi
- Murfreesboro Veterans War Monument: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baines Hill | E 90° | 20 m | 19.7 mi |
| Round Hill | N 5° | 14 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564710
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