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Woods Mountain

Woods Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Woods Mountain rises to 218 m in Virginia. Spears Mountain stands 497 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Featherfin, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 6.3 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49090957, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
218 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.39459, -78.57889

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Parks: 14
Nature reserves: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • Clay Pipe Kiln: 10.7 mi
  • Pamplin Smoking Pipe & manufacturing Co., Inc.: 10.7 mi
  • Joan of Arc: 12.1 mi
  • Appomattox Monument: 12.4 mi
  • Raine Monument: 12.4 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 1
  • Confederate Cemetery: 12.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Picketts Spring: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Goodwin Lake Swim Beach: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spears MountainNW 319°497 m15.4 mi
Pruetts MountainNW 316°414 m15.2 mi
Round MountainWNW 282°357 m24.0 mi
Kyles MountainNW 304°353 m10.4 mi
Piney MountainWNW 283°348 m12.7 mi
Pilot MountainWSW 257°347 m22.0 mi
Findlay MountainNNW 327°345 m24.7 mi
Gunner MountainNW 311°337 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:26
June solstice05:5520:0020:39
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2616:2017:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373946566573787670584840
Precip in3.53.04.13.44.23.34.03.64.63.63.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmville, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356582193

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