Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area
Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 102 m. Walnut Top stands 572 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hardware River, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 102 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 18 mi
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 30 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dorrier Park: 5.2 mi
- Bruce Park: 5.3 mi
- Scottsville Historic District: 5.3 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 5.7 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Hill: 6.9 mi
- Little Mountain Hill: 8.6 mi
- Buffards Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 12.2 mi
- Green Mountain: 12.4 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 15.1 mi
- James Monroe: 16.1 mi
- James Monroe: 16.2 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 17.7 mi
- King Alfred and His Court: 18.6 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 6.7 mi
- Strange's Lock: 10.6 mi
- White Rock Lock and Dam: 11.1 mi
- Palmyra Mill Lock: 11.2 mi
- Carysbrook Lock and Dam: 11.3 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 17.9 mi
- West Lawn: 18.0 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 20.3 mi
- Student Garden: 20.3 mi
- Hardware River: 1.6 mi
- Hardware River: 1.9 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 6.7 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 16.1 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 5.2 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 15.6 mi
- Housewright House: 15.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 17.7 mi
- Michie Tavern: 18.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 12.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 12.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 12.7 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 13.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 13.1 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 16.0 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 19.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 24.3 mi
- Canada: 19.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Top | WNW 300° | 572 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mill Mountain | NW 310° | 563 m | 19.9 mi |
| Willoughby Mountain | W 279° | 562 m | 19.9 mi |
| Appleberry Mountain | WNW 297° | 557 m | 16.5 mi |
| Long Arm Mountain | NW 313° | 553 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Oliver | WNW 301° | 549 m | 17.2 mi |
| Brush Mountain | WNW 298° | 529 m | 17.0 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | NNW 330° | 490 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/40151446
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 19 mi
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