Amherst Wayside
Amherst Wayside is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. High Peak stands 876 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Larkin Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 19.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 21 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 22 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Larkin Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Geddes Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Cove Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Strode Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 14.0 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 14.1 mi
- Riverside Pool: 14.1 mi
- Point of Honor: 14.1 mi
- Point of Honor Monument: 14.1 mi
- Coolwell Park: 7.4 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 7.7 mi
- Civitan Park: 13.4 mi
- Riveredge Park: 14.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 14.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 6.6 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 6.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 9.1 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 9.1 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 14.2 mi
- Lynchbug: 14.2 mi
- LOVE: 14.2 mi
- Piano: 14.3 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 14.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 14.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 14.0 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 14.3 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 14.3 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 14.7 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 14.0 mi
- Point of Honor: 14.1 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 14.1 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 15.2 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 15.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- James River at Wingina: 14.2 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 14.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 17.3 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 18.6 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 18.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 18.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 20.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 20.7 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 20.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 24.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 21.0 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 21.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Amherst Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Peak | W 271° | 876 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | W 271° | 876 m | 12.5 mi |
| Scott Mountain | NW 320° | 738 m | 15.1 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 318° | 712 m | 14.6 mi |
| Shady Mountain | WNW 289° | 687 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pierce Mountain | NW 311° | 614 m | 14.9 mi |
| Naked Mountain | NNE 28° | 607 m | 14.8 mi |
| Page Mountain | NW 326° | 603 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 5 mi away.
- post oak2 obs
- Blue Jay1 obs
- North American Racer1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Big Brown Bat1 obs
- Virginia Opossum1 obs
- butterfly milkweed1 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/985123261
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 14 mi
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