Pettigrew Wildlife Managment Area
Pettigrew Wildlife Managment Area is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Hamiltons Thicket stands 124 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Talliaferro Mount, a peak 1.6 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 13 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodlawn Historic and Archeological District: 6.1 mi
- Cedell Brooks, Jr. Park: 7.6 mi
- Cosner Park: 8.2 mi
- Mary Lee Carter Park: 8.9 mi
- Duff McDuff Green Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
- Meade Pyramid: 9.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Shrine: 9.5 mi
- Campaign of 1781: 11.2 mi
- 1864 Union Occupation of Bowling Green: 11.2 mi
- Fifth Corps Monument: 11.8 mi
- Talliaferro Mount: 1.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.9 mi
- Howison Hill: 11.6 mi
- Fall Hill: 14.1 mi
- Embrey Hill: 15.0 mi
- Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- Alexander Memorial Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
- Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Meadowview Biological Research Station: 7.1 mi
- Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Port Royal Museum of American History: 5.3 mi
- Old Port Royal School: 5.3 mi
- White Oak Civil War Museum: 8.4 mi
- George Washington Masonic Museum: 11.8 mi
- National Bank Museum: 11.8 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 5.3 mi
- John Paul Jones House: 11.5 mi
- The Chimneys: 11.6 mi
- Dominion Raceway: 12.9 mi
- Chancellorsville House Site: 20.5 mi
- Bull Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Blue Banks: 17.0 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Possum Nose: 24.3 mi
- L O V E: 12.0 mi
- Wine & Design: 13.1 mi
- Iconic Art: 13.9 mi
- Cross Country State Championship Rock: 14.5 mi
- Clifton Beach: 14.5 mi
- The Sands: 22.0 mi
- Fossil Beach: 23.4 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 24.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 14.4 mi
- Ladysmith Safety Rest Area south: 19.2 mi
- Ladysmith Safety Rest Area North: 19.2 mi
- Embrey Mill Dogwood Garden: 17.9 mi
- Aquia Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- McCoull Spring: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pettigrew Wildlife Managment Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamiltons Thicket | WNW 285° | 124 m | 24.0 mi |
| Embrey Hill | WNW 299° | 74 m | 15.0 mi |
| Fall Hill | NW 305° | 67 m | 14.1 mi |
| Motts Run Hill | WNW 298° | 65 m | 16.3 mi |
| China Hill | ESE 110° | 54 m | 23.1 mi |
| Grants Hill | ESE 106° | 52 m | 17.9 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | ESE 104° | 52 m | 18.9 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | E 91° | 49 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
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 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corbin, 5 mi away.
- putty root3 obs
- Eastern Newt2 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit2 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee2 obs
- showy orchis2 obs
- sassafras2 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain2 obs
- Pigeonwings2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/40151334
Day trips start here
- Fredericksburg · 12 mi
- Spotsylvania · 17 mi
- Stafford County · 17 mi
- Stafford · 17 mi
- Aquia Harbour · 18 mi
- Quantico · 22 mi
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