Housewright House
Housewright House is a museum in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 677 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckingham Courthouse Historic District, a park 0.2 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 17 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Historic Buckingham Inc.
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
111 named places within 25 miles
- Willis Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Buffards Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 8.7 mi
- Gunner Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Creasy Hill: 10.2 mi
- Buckingham Courthouse Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District: 10.4 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 16.4 mi
- Dorrier Park: 17.4 mi
- Bruce Park: 17.5 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 1.9 mi
- James River at Wingina: 10.7 mi
- Featherfin: 13.1 mi
- Featherfin: 13.4 mi
- Featherfin: 13.5 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 17.5 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 17.6 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 18.5 mi
- The American Civil War Museum: 19.2 mi
- Moton Museum: 19.9 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 18.1 mi
- Raine Monument: 18.1 mi
- Joan of Arc: 19.6 mi
- Clay Pipe Kiln: 21.0 mi
- Pamplin Smoking Pipe & manufacturing Co., Inc.: 21.0 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 18.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 23.2 mi
- Picketts Spring: 22.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Housewright House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 318° | 677 m | 21.6 mi |
| Naked Mountain | NW 313° | 607 m | 20.6 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | NW 315° | 570 m | 22.3 mi |
| Willoughby Mountain | NW 324° | 562 m | 21.0 mi |
| Appleberry Mountain | NNW 341° | 557 m | 22.6 mi |
| Peebles Mountain | NW 312° | 556 m | 21.7 mi |
| Woods Mountain | NW 313° | 550 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Oliver | NNW 342° | 549 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremo Bluff, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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