Hampden Sydney College Historic District
Hampden Sydney College Historic District is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Kyles Mountain stands 353 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Esther Atkinson Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 3.2 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 165 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
55 named places within 25 miles
- Weyanoke Park: 3.8 mi
- Wilck's Lake Park: 4.9 mi
- Brock Commons: 5.3 mi
- Wheeler Mall: 5.3 mi
- Grove Street Park: 5.3 mi
- Leigh Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Baker Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Woods Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Lyle Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Willis Mountain: 16.2 mi
- Featherfin: 9.4 mi
- Featherfin: 9.6 mi
- Featherfin: 10.1 mi
- Charlotte State Forest: 18.6 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 20.1 mi
- Esther Atkinson Museum: 0.1 mi
- Moton Museum: 4.8 mi
- Central High Museum: 15.5 mi
- Crewe Railroad Museum: 18.8 mi
- Drakes Branch Musuem: 18.9 mi
- Joan of Arc: 5.2 mi
- Camp Paradise Earthworks: 9.2 mi
- Pamplin Smoking Pipe & manufacturing Co., Inc.: 12.2 mi
- Clay Pipe Kiln: 12.2 mi
- Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Picketts Spring: 2.1 mi
- Goodwin Lake Swim Beach: 10.9 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hampden Sydney College Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyles Mountain | NW 317° | 353 m | 22.3 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 305° | 348 m | 23.1 mi |
| Gunner Mountain | NW 320° | 337 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 303° | 309 m | 23.3 mi |
| Willis Mountain | N 359° | 304 m | 16.2 mi |
| Lyle Mountain | WSW 258° | 241 m | 13.1 mi |
| Buffards Mountain | N 7° | 220 m | 23.6 mi |
| Woods Mountain | NNW 328° | 218 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmville, 4 mi away.
- Christmas fern36 obs
- striped wintergreen36 obs
- crane-fly orchid35 obs
- American beech23 obs
- American sweetgum21 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog18 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk17 obs
- Blue Dasher15 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/356581555
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