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Dan River Wildlife Management Area

Dan River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Dan River Wildlife Management Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Hagers Mountain stands 210 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Perras Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
98 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.70069, -78.83723

74 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
Historic sites: 9
  • Blue Star Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Halifax Veterans Memorial: 6.8 mi
  • Earthwork Fortification: 14.6 mi
  • Artillery Emplacement: 14.6 mi
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
Museums: 8
  • South Boston - Halifax County Museum: 4.1 mi
  • L. E. Coleman African-American Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Prestwould Plantation: 15.5 mi
  • Clarksville Regional Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Noland Village at Providence: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Seven Oaks Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 16.2 mi
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 17.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 23.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Bethel Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Hagers Mountain: 17.9 mi
  • Ivy Hill: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Solitary Sentinel: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Prancing Horse: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dan River Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hagers MountainSSW 204°210 m17.9 mi
Bethel HillSSW 197°192 m13.6 mi
Ivy HillESE 109°120 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:27
June solstice05:5820:0020:38
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2516:2317:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394148586674797771594942
Precip in3.63.04.03.74.44.94.03.84.73.43.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Boston, 2 mi away.

  • Mississippi Kite2 obs
  • Wilson's Snipe2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1 obs
  • Killdeer1 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
  • Common Box Turtle1 obs
  • Common Raccoon1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356587810

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