York River Cliffs
York River Cliffs is a cliff in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Church Hill stands 30 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, a museum 0.2 miles away. Colonial Parkway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
- On the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Yorktown Waterfront Park: 0.6 mi
- Riverwalk Landing: 0.6 mi
- Yorktown Market Days Park: 0.7 mi
- Yorktown Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Cornwallis Surrender Cave Park: 0.9 mi
- Cornwallis' Cave: 0.9 mi
- Yorktown Monument: 1.0 mi
- French Artillery Park: 2.3 mi
- Vintage CG Uniforms: 2.6 mi
- CGC Cuyahoga Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Hubba Hubba Highway: 6.3 mi
- Meltdown: 6.4 mi
- Nitro Racer: 6.4 mi
- Former Dive Show Area: 6.5 mi
- Big Daddy Falls: 6.5 mi
- TRADOC Emblem: 6.4 mi
- Girl with Butterfly: 10.3 mi
- Fraga Magna Rotabila: 10.3 mi
- Slice in Time: 10.3 mi
- Cedar Waxwing: 10.4 mi
- American Revolution Museum at Yorktown: 0.2 mi
- Watermen's Museum: 0.5 mi
- Museum on Main: 0.7 mi
- Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center: 1.2 mi
- Aids to Navigation Museum: 2.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 4.5 mi
- Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 5.8 mi
- David Morton House Garden: 9.6 mi
- Bassett Hall Garden: 9.6 mi
- Christiana Campbell’s Tavern Garden: 9.6 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 0.9 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 7.9 mi
- Fossil Beach: 15.5 mi
- Seining Beach: 15.9 mi
- Huntington Beach: 16.0 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 9.4 mi
- Mathews County Land Conservancy: 14.7 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Pipsico Reservation: 19.9 mi
- Pig Hill: 12.7 mi
- Church Hill: 16.1 mi
- Mount Folly: 18.0 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 13.9 mi
- Holly Point: 18.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 20.3 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of York River Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill | NNW 344° | 30 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pig Hill | N 7° | 21 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Folly | NW 318° | 6 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356565849
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