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Halifax County Fairgrounds

Halifax County Fairgrounds from directly overhead

Halifax County Fairgrounds is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 123 m. Hagers Mountain stands 210 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Paul C. Edmunds Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 21 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
123 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.70563, -78.86802

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
Historic sites: 9
  • Blue Star Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Halifax Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Artillery Emplacement: 15.2 mi
  • Earthwork Fortification: 15.2 mi
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 17.8 mi
Museums: 9
  • South Boston - Halifax County Museum: 2.3 mi
  • L. E. Coleman African-American Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Noland Village at Providence: 16.3 mi
  • Prestwould Plantation: 17.3 mi
  • Clarksville Regional Museum: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Seven Oaks Gardens: 1.4 mi
  • Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 16.8 mi
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 19.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 22.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Bethel Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Hagers Mountain: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Solitary Sentinel: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Prancing Horse: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Halifax County Fairgrounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hagers MountainSSW 199°210 m17.6 mi
Bethel HillS 190°192 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
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, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Bluebird4 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker4 obs
  • Peach-Colored Fly Agaric4 obs
  • Mississippi Kite3 obs
  • Northern Cardinal3 obs
  • Orchard Oriole3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle3 obs
  • Spotted Sandpiper3 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/356589008

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