Wood's Mill Dam
Wood's Mill Dam is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Carters Mountain stands 477 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbia Junction Lock, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 19 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The remains of Wood's Mill Dam form the rapids here.
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 23 mi
140 named places within 25 miles
- Carysbrook Sports Complex: 4.5 mi
- Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District: 8.0 mi
- Matthews Park: 8.2 mi
- Pleasant Grove Park: 9.0 mi
- Leakes Mill Park: 12.9 mi
- Columbia Junction Lock: 1.0 mi
- Bridge piers at Bryant's Ford: 1.7 mi
- Rivanna Mills Dam: 1.8 mi
- White Rock Lock and Dam: 3.7 mi
- Carysbrook Lock and Dam: 5.3 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 1.9 mi
- Little Mountain Hill: 6.6 mi
- Mountain Hill: 6.9 mi
- Buffards Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Tower Hill: 18.4 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 21.0 mi
- James Monroe: 21.1 mi
- James Monroe: 21.2 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 22.2 mi
- King Alfred and His Court: 23.6 mi
- Hardware River: 11.3 mi
- Hardware River: 11.7 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 12.3 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 14.7 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 17.0 mi
- Goochland County Historical Society: 17.3 mi
- Scouting Museum: 18.2 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 18.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 22.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 12.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 12.7 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 12.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 13.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 13.9 mi
- Louisa Downtown Garden: 20.6 mi
- Powhatan County Historic Garden: 21.2 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 22.4 mi
- West Lawn: 22.5 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 21.1 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wood's Mill Dam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carters Mountain | NW 312° | 477 m | 22.4 mi |
| Wolfpit Mountain | NNW 329° | 454 m | 22.6 mi |
| Hightop | NNW 339° | 445 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 334° | 442 m | 22.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 333° | 441 m | 22.6 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | NNW 343° | 415 m | 24.3 mi |
| Trevillian Mountain | NNW 327° | 411 m | 22.9 mi |
| Lonesome Mountain | NNW 337° | 400 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:17 | 16:58 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmyra 3S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1341433493
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 24 mi
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