Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Cherrytree Hill stands 1 m to the north-northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bow Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chesapeake Forest: 8.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 9.7 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 10.3 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 10.4 mi
- Lambertson - Reid Farm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 10.7 mi
- Donald J. Leonard Park: 2.7 mi
- Mallory Square: 3.1 mi
- Waterfront Park: 3.4 mi
- Jessie R. Watson, Senior Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Bow Beach: 0.4 mi
- Wallops Beach: 10.3 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 16.9 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 19.4 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 19.8 mi
- Museum of Chincoteague Island: 2.4 mi
- Costen House Museum: 16.4 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 16.7 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 16.8 mi
- Boathouse: 19.8 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 5.7 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 5.7 mi
- Makemie Monument: 17.4 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 21.4 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 3.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 15.3 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 16.6 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 16.7 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 3.3 mi
- Horse: 3.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrytree Hill | NNE 16° | 1 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallops IS Nasa Test Facility, 8 mi away.
- Domestic Horse88 obs
- White Ibis63 obs
- Great Egret62 obs
- Tricolored Heron58 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
- Snowy Egret49 obs
- Willet43 obs
- Laughing Gull39 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 node/358245995
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