Longwood Public Use Area
Longwood Public Use Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 103 m. Hagers Mountain stands 210 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Pond Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 18 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 103 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
- 28.6 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
92 named places within 25 miles
- Beaver Pond Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Merifield Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Buffalo Road Park: 3.3 mi
- Grassy Creek Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Splash Pad: 3.9 mi
- Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Thyne Institute Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Earthwork Fortification: 22.6 mi
- Artillery Emplacement: 22.8 mi
- Clarksville Regional Museum: 3.2 mi
- Prestwould Plantation: 5.1 mi
- Henderson Institute Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- South Boston - Halifax County Museum: 21.8 mi
- I-85 Southbound Welcome Center & Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
- I-85, Southbound - Granville County: 24.0 mi
- I-85, Northbound - Granville County: 24.1 mi
- Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Seven Oaks Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 24.3 mi
- Solitary Sentinel: 3.9 mi
- Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 13.9 mi
- Granville Corn Maze: 22.5 mi
- Ivy Hill: 6.5 mi
- Bethel Hill: 20.4 mi
- Hagers Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Osage Picnic Shelter: 13.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 14.1 mi
- Rosseechees Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Chalk Level: 24.8 mi
- Reminiscing: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longwood Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagers Mountain | WSW 252° | 210 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bethel Hill | WSW 257° | 192 m | 20.4 mi |
| Ivy Hill | E 83° | 120 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:23 | 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, 3 mi away.
- crane-fly orchid3 obs
- Piedmont Barbara's-buttons3 obs
- Prothonotary Warbler2 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel2 obs
- mayapple2 obs
- Virginia creeper2 obs
- lyreleaf sage2 obs
- striped wintergreen2 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/356563066
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