TV channels & antenna towers in Apple Mountain Lake, Virginia

Apple Mountain Lake is a small community of about 1,400 people in Virginia. There are 44 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 20 full-power, 9 Class A, 8 low-power and 7 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 2 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 33 farther out. Nine of the 18 network stations in range are licensed to Washington, DC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Washington's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (WJLA-TV), CBS on channel 9 (WUSA), NBC on channel 4 (WRC-TV), Fox on channel 5 (WTTG), PBS on channel 26 (WETA-TV), CW on channel 50 (WDCW), ION on channel 66 (WPXW-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WZDC-CD), Univision on channel 14 (WFDC-DT) and MeTV on channel 48.1 (WDME-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair signal). 8 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna E, at about 88°. The main network towers for Apple Mountain Lake sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WTTG, WPXW-TV, WDCW, WRC-TV and WZDC-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 54 miles east of Apple Mountain Lake (87° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Apple Mountain Lake at fair strength or better, all arrive from the east, so this is an easy place to aim.

WJLA-TV (ABC), WUSA (CBS), WRC-TV (NBC), WTTG (Fox) and WETA-TV (PBS) lie beyond the radio horizon of their transmitter as seen from Apple Mountain Lake. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for Apple Mountain Lake is WETA-TV (PBS), 55 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WDVM-TV is only 4.7 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 12 stations at fair strength or better, Apple Mountain Lake ranks 246th of 381 places in Virginia: fewer than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 28 miles away, against a state median of 21 miles.

31% of Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Winchester, 18 miles away.