Nature reserve · Virginia
Featherfin
Featherfin is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Spears Mountain stands 497 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. Lee's Retreat passes 3.7 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
How to reach it
Coordinates37.35668, -78.57414
- 3.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
64 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 23
- Woods Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Willis Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Baker Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Gunner Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Kyles Mountain: 12.2 mi
Parks: 13
- Wilck's Lake Park: 9.5 mi
- Hampden Sydney College Historic District: 10.1 mi
- Grove Street Park: 10.2 mi
- Wheeler Mall: 10.4 mi
- Brock Commons: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Pamplin Smoking Pipe & manufacturing Co., Inc.: 8.7 mi
- Clay Pipe Kiln: 8.7 mi
- Joan of Arc: 10.6 mi
- Raine Monument: 12.6 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 12.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Featherfin: 0.9 mi
- Featherfin: 1.2 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 11.5 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 18.5 mi
- Bear Creek Lake State Park: 20.3 mi
Museums: 7
- Esther Atkinson Museum: 10.2 mi
- Moton Museum: 10.7 mi
- Housewright House: 13.4 mi
- The American Civil War Museum: 13.8 mi
- Appomattox County Museum: 14.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Picketts Spring: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 1
- Confederate Cemetery: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 1
- Goodwin Lake Swim Beach: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Featherfin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Mountain | NW 324° | 497 m | 17.6 mi |
| Pruetts Mountain | NW 322° | 414 m | 17.3 mi |
| Kyles Mountain | NW 314° | 353 m | 12.2 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WNW 293° | 348 m | 13.7 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | W 264° | 347 m | 21.8 mi |
| Gunner Mountain | NW 319° | 337 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | WNW 283° | 318 m | 24.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 290° | 309 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
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