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Witch of Pungo (Grace Sherwood) Home Site

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Witch of Pungo (Grace Sherwood) Home Site from directly overhead

Witch of Pungo (Grace Sherwood) Home Site is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Horn Point, a park 0.8 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 28 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.70694, -75.98462

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Horn Point: 0.8 mi
  • Lotus Garden Park: 1.7 mi
  • Lago Mar Park: 2.5 mi
  • Red Mills Farms Park: 3.0 mi
  • Lago Mar Park: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 58
Gardens: 38
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 20
  • Jerrassic Park: 3.0 mi
  • Neptunes Revenge: 7.4 mi
  • Grape EscapeSouth Seas Silly Slides: 7.4 mi
  • Bamboo Shoots: 7.4 mi
  • Coconut Drops: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Fishing & Dog Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Shifting Sands Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Surfing Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Sandbridge Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Seabreeze Beach: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Encore Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 11.5 mi
  • White Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Luark Hill: 20.7 mi
  • Whale Head Hill: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Witch of Pungo (Grace Sherwood) Home Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNW 318°18 m11.5 mi
White HillN 350°10 m13.6 mi
Luark HillSSE 157°5 m20.7 mi
Whale Head HillSSE 159°3 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4619:4820:27
September equinox06:5218:2819:03
December solstice07:1316:1216:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444652627078838075655547
Precip in3.42.73.83.54.34.55.55.84.54.13.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fentress Naval AUX FLD, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12175097321

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