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Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site

Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site from directly overhead

Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 873 m. Elliott Knob stands 1,358 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Edward Johnson (1862), a historic site 0.2 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Forest Service

How to reach it

Coordinates38.31092, -79.38366

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
  • Deerfield Park: 8.2 mi
  • Highland Park: 12.6 mi
  • Craigsville Community Park: 15.7 mi
  • Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 17.4 mi
Springs: 16
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 9.3 mi
  • Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 12.8 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 14.9 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 15.0 mi
  • Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Greenhouse Area: 17.2 mi
  • Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 23.6 mi
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Chris Lantos Waterfront: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elliott KnobSSE 159°1,358 m10.7 mi
HogbackSSE 162°1,355 m10.9 mi
Reddish KnobNE 36°1,338 m13.0 mi
Barren RockNW 319°1,335 m9.8 mi
Sounding KnobWNW 282°1,334 m11.4 mi
Freezland FlatNE 45°1,325 m3.9 mi
Little Bald KnobNE 50°1,320 m8.9 mi
Hardscrabble KnobNE 41°1,305 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5520:0620:45
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3216:2017:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139495765686761504032
Precip in3.63.34.34.34.94.34.13.84.02.93.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6168936980

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