Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Cherrytree Hill stands 1 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mariner's Point, a park 2.3 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mariner's Point: 2.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Jessie R. Watson, Senior Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Waterfront Park: 4.7 mi
- Mallory Square: 5.0 mi
- Wallops Beach: 3.2 mi
- Bow Beach: 8.2 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 10.0 mi
- Guard Shore: 13.0 mi
- Sound Shore: 14.9 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 2.3 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 2.3 mi
- Makemie Monument: 10.4 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 13.6 mi
- Museum of Chincoteague Island: 5.6 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 13.6 mi
- Costen House Museum: 13.8 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 14.0 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 19.4 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 5.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 12.9 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 13.9 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 14.0 mi
- Horse: 4.1 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrytree Hill | NE 53° | 1 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallops IS Nasa Test Facility, 3 mi away.
- Common Pill Woodlouse25 obs
- Common Rough Woodlouse11 obs
- Canada Goose4 obs
- Greenhouse Millipede4 obs
- White Ibis3 obs
- American Flamingo3 obs
- Brown Pelican3 obs
- Atlantic Blue Crab3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570118
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