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Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook

Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook from directly overhead

Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook is a rest area in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick County Fairgrounds, a park 0.6 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 8.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.24297, -78.11599

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Timbrook Park: 4.7 mi
  • POW-MIA Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Judge John Handley Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 8.3 mi
  • Town of Boyce: 10.8 mi
Parks
  • Frederick County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
  • Clearbrook Park Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Park Ranger Office: 1.5 mi
  • Clearbrook Park: 1.5 mi
  • Star Fort Civil War Battlefield: 3.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 32
  • Farnham Colossi: 14.4 mi
  • Cider Stage: 18.6 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 18.6 mi
  • Pig Pen: 18.7 mi
  • Cow Train: 18.7 mi
Museums: 28
Artworks: 16
  • Welcome Pineapple: 2.2 mi
  • Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 3.8 mi
  • White House Apple Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Daniel Morgan: 4.6 mi
  • Expanding Tradition Apple Statue: 4.7 mi
Springs: 12
  • Town Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Cool Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Vaucluse Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Harris Springs: 18.1 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Beaches: 5
  • Beach 2: 11.5 mi
  • Beach 1: 12.2 mi
  • Beach 3: 12.2 mi
  • River Access: 14.7 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Native Pollinator Meadow: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Pua Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Mountain Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleWSW864 m18.4 mi
Eagle RockWSW791 m20.3 mi
High PointNW789 m18.5 mi
Spring MountainWSW738 m21.0 mi
Blue MountainSSE674 m20.4 mi
Short MtnWSW660 m21.2 mi
ParisSSE590 m18.9 mi
Paris MountainSE587 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:25
June solstice05:4720:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2916:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372767467554537
Precip in2.82.23.53.54.24.14.13.24.23.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/195666599

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