Island Creek Public Use Area
Island Creek Public Use Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Bethel Hill stands 192 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Grove Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 15 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
- 29.8 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
85 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Grove Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Ivy Hill Public Use Area: 3.2 mi
- Merifield Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Oakleaf Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Longwood Public Use Area: 4.8 mi
- Clarksville Regional Museum: 7.1 mi
- Prestwould Plantation: 8.6 mi
- Henderson Institute Historical Museum: 15.1 mi
- South Hill Tobacco Museum: 22.5 mi
- Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce: 22.5 mi
- I-85 Southbound Welcome Center & Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- I-85, Southbound - Granville County: 23.5 mi
- I-85, Northbound - Granville County: 23.6 mi
- Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 6.4 mi
- J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 20.5 mi
- Seven Oaks Gardens: 24.3 mi
- Solitary Sentinel: 6.5 mi
- Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 10.0 mi
- Granville Corn Maze: 21.8 mi
- Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Thyne Institute Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Dr. L. Julian Haywood: 20.2 mi
- Osage Picnic Shelter: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 10.2 mi
- Ivy Hill: 3.4 mi
- Bethel Hill: 24.5 mi
- Rosseechees Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Chalk Level: 22.6 mi
- Reminiscing: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Island Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Hill | W 264° | 192 m | 24.5 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NE 38° | 120 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:58 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville, 7 mi away.
- hooded arrowhead4 obs
- buttonbush3 obs
- Black Swallowtail3 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Southern Sneezeweed3 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard2 obs
- American wisteria2 obs
- Scarlet Toothcup2 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 way/1087615221
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