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Beamers Head

Beamers Head, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.42096, -78.28250

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Yager Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Gallihugh Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Baldtop: 2.6 mi
  • Round Head: 2.6 mi
  • Utz Hightop: 3.0 mi
Parks: 47
  • 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
Historic sites: 20
  • 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
Waterfalls: 20
Museums: 15
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grounds: 10.7 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
Springs: 9
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
Nature reserves: 3
Artworks: 3
  • LOVE: 15.2 mi
  • Lions Glasses: 15.2 mi
  • Love: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Annie duPont Formal Garden: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HawksbillNNW 327°1,232 m11.1 mi
Fork MountainWNW 299°1,172 m8.3 mi
HazeltopWNW 293°1,149 m10.0 mi
Spitler HillNW 325°1,138 m10.1 mi
Stony MountainNW 312°1,097 m9.7 mi
Lewis MountainW 274°1,087 m10.4 mi
Bearfence MountainW 280°1,083 m10.0 mi
Bush MountainWNW 284°1,076 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:25
June solstice05:5020:0120:41
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1516:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035475562676561504032

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

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