Beamers Head
Beamers Head rises to 362 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Yager Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 362 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Point Overlook · 10 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 10 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 10 mi
- Old Rag View Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yager Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Gallihugh Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Baldtop: 2.6 mi
- Round Head: 2.6 mi
- Utz Hightop: 3.0 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 3.1 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 4.1 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 4.1 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 4.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex: 4.4 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Five Tents: 9.0 mi
- CCC Camp: 10.4 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 10.9 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 10.1 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 10.2 mi
- Rose River Falls: 10.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Montpelier: 15.3 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 15.3 mi
- James Madison Museum: 15.3 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 16.0 mi
- Davids Spring: 11.0 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 11.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 11.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 11.4 mi
- Furnace Spring: 13.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 22.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 11.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 12.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 19.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 19.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 20.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 20.1 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 21.1 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 10.1 mi
- Lake Orange: 19.6 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 24.4 mi
- LOVE: 15.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 15.2 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 15.4 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Beamers Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NNW 327° | 1,232 m | 11.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,172 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hazeltop | WNW 293° | 1,149 m | 10.0 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NW 325° | 1,138 m | 10.1 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NW 312° | 1,097 m | 9.7 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | W 274° | 1,087 m | 10.4 mi |
| Crescent Rock | NNW 331° | 1,086 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | W 280° | 1,083 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1462866 — Beamers Head, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560020
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 11 mi
- Charlottesville · 29 mi
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