Tower Hill
Tower Hill rises to 187 m in Virginia. Spears Mountain stands 497 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffards Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 17 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49084448, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 28.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
82 named places within 25 miles
- Buffards Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Willis Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Woods Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Mountain Hill: 17.0 mi
- Creasy Hill: 17.8 mi
- Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District: 2.3 mi
- Buckingham Courthouse Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Madison Ballfield: 9.7 mi
- Rochelle Area: 16.6 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 17.0 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 6.2 mi
- Bear Creek Lake State Park: 6.9 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 7.9 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 8.9 mi
- Hardware River: 12.5 mi
- Camp Paradise Earthworks: 17.8 mi
- Joan of Arc: 18.0 mi
- Columbia Junction Lock: 18.3 mi
- Wood's Mill Dam: 18.4 mi
- Rivanna Mills Dam: 19.3 mi
- Housewright House: 8.7 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 9.3 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 17.5 mi
- Moton Museum: 18.4 mi
- Esther Atkinson Museum: 22.1 mi
- Picketts Spring: 22.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Mountain | W 271° | 497 m | 20.0 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | WNW 299° | 430 m | 24.7 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NW 307° | 419 m | 24.2 mi |
| Pruetts Mountain | W 269° | 414 m | 20.4 mi |
| Monasco Mountain | NW 306° | 411 m | 23.6 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 298° | 360 m | 24.0 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WNW 299° | 357 m | 24.2 mi |
| Kyles Mountain | WSW 254° | 353 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremo Bluff, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1475802 — Tower Hill, Buckingham County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356566620
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