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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

Operated by
Virginia Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.24297, -78.11599

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frederick County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
  • Clearbrook Park Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Park Ranger Office: 1.5 mi
  • Clearbrook Park: 1.5 mi
  • Clearbrook Park Playground: 1.5 mi
Peaks
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
Attractions: 34
  • 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: 29
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: 6
  • Beach 2: 11.5 mi
  • Beach 1: 12.2 mi
  • Beach 3: 12.2 mi
  • River Access: 14.7 mi
  • River Access: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Herb Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 19.3 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
PinnacleWSW 248°864 m18.4 mi
Eagle RockWSW 244°791 m20.3 mi
High PointNW 318°789 m18.5 mi
Spring MountainWSW 246°738 m21.0 mi
Blue MountainSSE 166°674 m20.4 mi
Short MtnWSW 243°660 m21.2 mi
ParisSSE 161°590 m18.9 mi
Paris MountainSE 145°587 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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