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Amherst (Virginia) is a seat of a second-order administrative division; located in United States in America/New_York (GMT-5) time zone. With population of 2,210 people, there are 11312 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in United States, 63.7% of cities are located further ↑North; 75.6% of cities are located further ←West and 57.7% of cities have lower elevation than Amherst. Note1

Administrative division(s):

Current local time in Amherst:

07:59 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours
[3]

Amherst on map:[1]

Amherst on map

Amherst GPS coordinates[2]

37° 35' 6.504" North, 79° 3' 5.076" West

Map corner latitude longitude
Upper-left 38.14024°, -79.75454°
Center: 37.58514°, -79.05141°
Lower-right: 37.02587°, -78.34829°
Map W x H: 123.9×123.9 km = 77×77mi
max Lat: 71.29058°
  ⇑63.7% North
Amherst: 37.58514°
min Lat:   ⇓36.3% South
19.06759°
Note1
min Long Amherst max Long
-171.73463° -79.05141° -66.98998°
W 75.6%⇐   ⇒24.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Amherst is 229 m = 751 ft, and this is 65.8 m = 216 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:
 
3189 m = 10463 ft 42.3%
Avg. 294.8 m = 967 ft  
Amherst 229 m = 751 ft  

Min E:
-60 m = -197 ft 57.7%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.


Geographical zone

Amherst is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1573.2 km =977.5 mi to South.
Distance of km miles from Amherst
North Pole 5828 3621.4 to North
Arctic Circle 3222.1 2002.1 to North
Tropic Cancer 1573.2 977.5 to South
Equator 4179.1 2596.8 to South
5828 km
4179.1 km

Nearby cities:

15 places around Amherst: (largest is in red/bold)

Appomattox 32.3 km =20.1 mi, 141°
Arrington 17.2 km =10.7 mi, 50°
Buena Vista 31.4 km =19.5 mi, 301°
Concord 27.8 km =17.3 mi, 165°
East Lexington 40.2 km =25 mi, 305°
Forest 32.4 km =20.1 mi, 220°
Glasgow 35.6 km =22.1 mi, 278°
Lovingston 25.1 km =15.6 mi, 39°
Lynchburg 20.7 km =12.9 mi, 202°
Madison Heights 18.3 km =11.4 mi, 200°
Nellysford 37.4 km =23.2 mi, 24°
Rustburg 34.6 km =21.5 mi, 187°
Shipman 24.2 km =15 mi, 50°
Timberlake 34.6 km =21.5 mi, 211°
West Lynchburg 23.1 km =14.4 mi, 208°

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Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in United States existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia

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