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Merifield Wildlife Management Area

Merifield Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Merifield Wildlife Management Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 111 m. Bethel Hill stands 192 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Soudan Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 18 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
111 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.58736, -78.52056

Named places within 25 miles

Museums: 6
  • Clarksville Regional Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Prestwould Plantation: 4.9 mi
  • Henderson Institute Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
  • South Boston - Halifax County Museum: 23.1 mi
  • South Hill Tobacco Museum: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Thyne Institute Memorial: 16.1 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 22.3 mi
  • Earthwork Fortification: 22.7 mi
  • Artillery Emplacement: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Seven Oaks Gardens: 20.9 mi
  • J. Stewart and Mary L. Green Wortham Memorial Gardens: 24.1 mi
  • Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Solitary Sentinel: 3.0 mi
  • Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 12.1 mi
  • Granville Corn Maze: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Osage Picnic Shelter: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 2
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bethel HillWSW 257°192 m22.2 mi
Ivy HillE 89°120 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:26
June solstice05:5719:5820:37
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2316:2217:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596775807872605043
Precip in3.32.93.93.54.65.24.43.34.83.83.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville, 3 mi away.

  • Chinese bushclover5 obs
  • Blue-fronted Dancer4 obs
  • Fowler's Toad4 obs
  • azure bluet4 obs
  • Summer Tanager3 obs
  • White-breasted Nuthatch3 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
  • American sweetgum3 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/356587640

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