Bear Creek Lake State Park
Bear Creek Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Gunner Mountain stands 337 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cumberland State Forest, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 18 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
87 named places within 25 miles
- Madison Ballfield: 2.9 mi
- Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District: 6.4 mi
- Buckingham Courthouse Historic District: 15.3 mi
- Rochelle Area: 15.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 16.7 mi
- Camp Paradise Earthworks: 15.5 mi
- Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Columbia Junction Lock: 16.4 mi
- Wood's Mill Dam: 16.8 mi
- Joan of Arc: 17.4 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 1.8 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 2.2 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 15.2 mi
- Hardware River: 15.7 mi
- Hardware River: 15.8 mi
- Tower Hill: 6.9 mi
- Buffards Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Willis Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Mountain Hill: 18.1 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 18.4 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 2.9 mi
- Housewright House: 15.4 mi
- Moton Museum: 17.8 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 22.0 mi
- Esther Atkinson Museum: 22.4 mi
- Amelia WMA Rifle Range: 20.3 mi
- Amelia WMA Shotgun Range: 20.3 mi
- Amelia Frightfest: 21.4 mi
- Morefield Gem Mine: 23.2 mi
- Powhatan County Historic Garden: 19.7 mi
- Picketts Spring: 21.6 mi
- Goodwin Lake Swim Beach: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Creek Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunner Mountain | W 264° | 337 m | 24.4 mi |
| Willis Mountain | WSW 250° | 304 m | 10.9 mi |
| Buffards Mountain | WNW 295° | 220 m | 8.1 mi |
| Woods Mountain | WSW 241° | 218 m | 19.1 mi |
| Leigh Mountain | SSW 191° | 216 m | 23.0 mi |
| Creasy Hill | WNW 288° | 190 m | 24.7 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 285° | 187 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Mountain Hill | N 358° | 161 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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, 12 mi away.
- Spotted Salamander63 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog55 obs
- fan clubmoss47 obs
- crane-fly orchid39 obs
- American beech35 obs
- Fowler's Toad32 obs
- partridgeberry30 obs
- rue anemone29 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.
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