Woods Mountain
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. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 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
- 6.3 mi off the Lee's Retreat
62 named places within 25 miles
- Willis Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Gunner Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Kyles Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Piney Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 13.2 mi
- Buckingham Courthouse Historic District: 10.9 mi
- Wilck's Lake Park: 11.0 mi
- Grove Street Park: 11.6 mi
- Wheeler Mall: 11.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 12.0 mi
- 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
- Housewright House: 10.8 mi
- Moton Museum: 12.2 mi
- Esther Atkinson Museum: 12.5 mi
- The American Civil War Museum: 13.6 mi
- Appomattox County Museum: 14.0 mi
- Featherfin: 2.6 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 9.0 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 17.4 mi
- James River at Wingina: 18.4 mi
- Bear Creek Lake State Park: 19.1 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 12.4 mi
- Picketts Spring: 13.7 mi
- Goodwin Lake Swim Beach: 22.4 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Mountain | NW 319° | 497 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pruetts Mountain | NW 316° | 414 m | 15.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 282° | 357 m | 24.0 mi |
| Kyles Mountain | NW 304° | 353 m | 10.4 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WNW 283° | 348 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WSW 257° | 347 m | 22.0 mi |
| Findlay Mountain | NNW 327° | 345 m | 24.7 mi |
| Gunner Mountain | NW 311° | 337 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmville, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582193
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