Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District
Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Spears Mountain stands 497 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffards Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 19 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 145 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 26.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 30 mi
89 named places within 25 miles
- Buffards Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 2.3 mi
- Willis Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Mountain Hill: 14.9 mi
- Little Mountain Hill: 16.7 mi
- Madison Ballfield: 9.2 mi
- Buckingham Courthouse Historic District: 10.2 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 16.0 mi
- Dorrier Park: 16.3 mi
- Bruce Park: 16.4 mi
- Columbia Junction Lock: 16.0 mi
- Wood's Mill Dam: 16.2 mi
- Rivanna Mills Dam: 17.1 mi
- White Rock Lock and Dam: 17.2 mi
- Bridge piers at Bryant's Ford: 17.2 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 6.3 mi
- Bear Creek Lake State Park: 6.4 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 6.7 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 10.8 mi
- Hardware River: 10.9 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 9.1 mi
- Housewright House: 10.4 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 16.4 mi
- Moton Museum: 20.2 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 23.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 23.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 23.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 23.2 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 23.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 23.9 mi
- Picketts Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Mountain | W 266° | 497 m | 21.5 mi |
| Ball Mountain | WNW 302° | 419 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pruetts Mountain | W 265° | 414 m | 21.9 mi |
| Monasco Mountain | WNW 300° | 411 m | 23.9 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 292° | 360 m | 24.6 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WNW 294° | 357 m | 24.7 mi |
| Kyles Mountain | WSW 250° | 353 m | 21.2 mi |
| Butler Mountain | NW 310° | 340 m | 24.7 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 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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, 10 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- Summer Tanager1 obs
- Eastern Screech-Owl1 obs
- Eastern Hognose Snake1 obs
- Yellow Iris1 obs
- Polyphemus Moth1 obs
- Grapevine Beetle1 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 node/356588587
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