Banister River Wildlife Management Area
Banister River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Hagers Mountain stands 210 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolftrap Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 25 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 98 m
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
69 named places within 25 miles
- Wolftrap Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
- Dan River Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Perras Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Paul C. Edmunds Park: 3.4 mi
- Halifax County Fairgrounds: 3.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Halifax Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Earthwork Fortification: 11.9 mi
- Artillery Emplacement: 12.0 mi
- Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- South Boston - Halifax County Museum: 5.9 mi
- L. E. Coleman African-American Museum: 9.3 mi
- Noland Village at Providence: 14.2 mi
- Prestwould Plantation: 14.7 mi
- Clarksville Regional Museum: 15.6 mi
- WBWF Preserve: 16.1 mi
- WBWF Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Old Soudan Wildlife Management Area: 19.8 mi
- Charlotte State Forest: 20.1 mi
- Charlotte State Forest: 21.9 mi
- Seven Oaks Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 21.3 mi
- Bethel Hill: 16.1 mi
- Hagers Mountain: 20.5 mi
- Ivy Hill: 23.1 mi
- Rosseechees Bluff: 16.9 mi
- The Devil's Bookcase: 18.7 mi
- Solitary Sentinel: 17.0 mi
- Prancing Horse: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Banister River Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagers Mountain | SSW 206° | 210 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bethel Hill | SSW 200° | 192 m | 16.1 mi |
| Ivy Hill | ESE 115° | 120 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:00 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Boston, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Pondhawk7 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle4 obs
- Common Whitetail4 obs
- Zebra Swallowtail3 obs
- Stream Cruiser3 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- cardinal flower2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356587808
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