Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 429 m. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the west, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Poorhouse Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 429 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poorhouse Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Whites Hill: 1.1 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.3 mi
- Windfall Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Atlas: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Jordan's Point: 2.5 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 3.0 mi
- Lexington Historic District: 3.1 mi
- Hopkins Green: 3.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 2.7 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 2.7 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 2.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 2.7 mi
- Barracks The Virginia Military Institute: 2.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 12.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 13.4 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 3.6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.0 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 14.2 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 14.9 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 15.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 2.8 mi
- George Washington: 2.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 2.8 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 2.9 mi
- Peristyle: 7.0 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 2.8 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 2.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 3.2 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: 22.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 10.8 mi
- Lace Falls: 15.3 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 22.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Lake Robertson: 10.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 9.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 16.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | W 272° | 1,111 m | 8.0 mi |
| Big Butt | NW 325° | 1,053 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little House Mountain | W 270° | 1,032 m | 7.2 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NW 318° | 1,003 m | 9.0 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | NW 304° | 1,002 m | 9.3 mi |
| Dale Mountain | NW 307° | 991 m | 8.3 mi |
| Coopers Knob | NW 326° | 959 m | 7.1 mi |
| Jump Rock | N 359° | 959 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356563082
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