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Havens Wildlife Management Area

Havens Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Havens Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 673 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the south, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Lewis Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.32005, -80.15883

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 16
Artworks: 13
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 9
Gardens: 8
  • Mountain View Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Beale Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Bent Mountain Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Camp Creek: 14.1 mi
  • Cascades: 23.1 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 24.1 mi
  • The Cascades: 24.2 mi
Springs: 6
  • Spring Well #25: 21.4 mi
  • Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 21.9 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Havens Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poor MountainS 178°1,141 m8.5 mi
Sinking Creek MountainNNW 344°1,117 m8.4 mi
Chimney RockNNW 339°1,108 m8.4 mi
Earn KnobN 352°1,097 m8.5 mi
Bruisers KnobWNW 283°1,045 m10.4 mi
Fort Lewis MountainS 185°998 m0.8 mi
Bent MountainSSE 166°975 m12.2 mi
McAfee KnobNE 53°974 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:33
June solstice06:0120:0620:45
September equinox07:0918:4519:19
December solstice07:3216:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674787670594841
Precip in3.22.93.53.54.34.74.33.44.13.03.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/40151373

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