Cliff · Virginia
Bear Cliff
Bear Cliff is a cliff in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,101 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west-southwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Cliffs, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1101 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.36151, -80.51339
- 12.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 26.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bald Knob: 1.5 mi
- Johns Creek Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Doe Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Minie Ball Hill: 3.2 mi
- Lone Pine Peak: 3.4 mi
Parks
- Newport Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 5.6 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 7.8 mi
- Deerfield Park: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Winfrey’s Rock: 10.0 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 10.4 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 10.5 mi
- The Pylons: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 8
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 9.1 mi
- Modern Art: 10.4 mi
- Modern Art: 10.4 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 10.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 11.1 mi
Museums: 8
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 10.2 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 10.7 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 10.9 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 12.4 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 6.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Bear Cliffs: 0.3 mi
- Barney's Wall: 4.1 mi
- Barneys Wall: 4.2 mi
- High Point: 17.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 5
- Keffer Oak: 7.7 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 11.9 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 17.0 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 19.8 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 5
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 11.0 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 12.3 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 15.5 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 22.5 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 22.6 mi
Springs: 5
- Big Spring: 23.1 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 23.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 23.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 24.0 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascades: 3.4 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 24.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 24.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Junta: 20.8 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 21.7 mi
- Egypt: 22.8 mi
- Warford: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Iranto Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Bear Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WSW 239° | 1,327 m | 1.5 mi |
| Butt Mountain | W 275° | 1,282 m | 6.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | W 273° | 1,256 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wind Rock | N 355° | 1,246 m | 3.7 mi |
| Wrights Peak | N 356° | 1,242 m | 8.0 mi |
| Brushy Top | WNW 293° | 1,236 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNE 18° | 1,232 m | 3.4 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,231 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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