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Mathews County Land Conservancy

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Mathews County Land Conservancy from directly overhead

Mathews County Land Conservancy is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Church Hill stands 30 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Doctors Creek Landing, a park 1.8 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 14 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Mathews County Land Conservancy

How to reach it

Coordinates37.32341, -76.27458

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Doctors Creek Landing: 1.8 mi
  • Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay: 2.8 mi
  • Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay: 2.9 mi
  • Winter Harbor Landing: 3.7 mi
  • Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Canonie Atlantic Company Railbox: 15.5 mi
  • General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 17.7 mi
  • Hubba Hubba Highway: 20.1 mi
  • Meltdown: 20.2 mi
  • Nitro Racer: 20.2 mi
Historic sites: 53
  • Mathews County Confederate Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Civil War Howitzer: 13.3 mi
  • GM3 Matthews Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Unit Commissioning Memorabilia: 13.4 mi
  • Vintage CG Uniforms: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 42
  • Memorial Garden: 14.5 mi
  • New Roots Youth Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Children's Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 18.0 mi
Museums: 34
  • Mathews Maritime Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Mathews Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Gwynn's Island Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Aids to Navigation Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 27
Beaches: 15
Nature reserves: 10
Lighthouses: 5
Peaks: 3
  • Pig Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Church Hill: 20.4 mi
  • The Isaacs: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mathews County Land Conservancy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Church HillWNW 299°30 m20.4 mi
Pig HillWNW 300°21 m13.7 mi
The IsaacsSE 133°2 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:17
June solstice05:4619:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:1616:1116:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384046566573777670604942
Precip in4.02.93.93.94.44.55.85.55.14.73.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1296663217

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