Where is Amherst located?

Amherst is located in United States. It is positioned in "America/New York" time zone (GMT-5 ) with current time of 04:59 PM, Monday (difference from your time zone: hours). Amherst is seat of a second-order administrative division in Virginia in Amherst County with population of ∼2.2 thousand.

Geographical position

Latitude: 37.58514°
5828 km
4179 km
37° 35' 6.504" North
Longitude: -79.05141°
6735 km
8379 km
79° 3' 5.076" West
Elevation: 229 m
229 m
229 m ≈ 751 feet

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Amherst
35 km
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