Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Virginia
• Level 2: Amherst County

Current local time in Amherst:

11:29 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Amherst on map:^[1]

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°

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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

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°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Амхерст