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Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds

Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds from directly overhead

Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. High Knob stands 728 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chet Monet Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 7.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
199 m
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Coordinates39.16555, -77.99809

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions: 39
  • Cider Stage: 10.4 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 10.5 mi
  • Pig Pen: 10.5 mi
  • Peacocks: 10.5 mi
  • Cow Train: 10.5 mi
Museums: 33
Artworks: 23
Nature reserves: 15
Springs: 10
Gardens: 8
  • Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Native Pollinator Meadow: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • River Access: 6.6 mi
  • River Access: 7.1 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Beach 2: 19.6 mi
  • Beach 1: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pua Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Mountain Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Old Dam Waterfall: 24.3 mi
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dargan Bend: 19.5 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobSSW 198°728 m20.2 mi
Blue MountainS 186°674 m14.5 mi
Rattlesnake MountainS 187°644 m20.9 mi
Ravensden RockSSW 196°604 m21.2 mi
ParisS 181°590 m12.6 mi
Paris MountainSSE 158°587 m9.9 mi
Shockeys KnobNW 322°567 m19.9 mi
High RockNW 326°529 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4720:0220:42
September equinox07:0018:3619:11
December solstice07:2916:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372767467554537
Precip in2.82.23.53.54.24.14.13.24.23.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly11 obs
  • Common Box Turtle9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • red deadnettle8 obs
  • Central Ratsnake7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • common milkweed6 obs
  • Mourning Dove5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/969658894

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