Mitchell Bluff
Mitchell Bluff is a cliff in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the north-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Berry Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 7.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 12.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 8 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- The Point Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Berry Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tippets Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Banks Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Allen Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Neal Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 5.2 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 5.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 5.4 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 5.5 mi
- Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex: 5.6 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 6.9 mi
- Five Tents: 8.9 mi
- CCC Camp: 10.8 mi
- LOVE: 20.1 mi
- Lions Glasses: 20.1 mi
- Love: 21.2 mi
- Speech Stump: 22.7 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 23.4 mi
- South River Falls: 7.7 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 9.2 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 9.3 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 14.1 mi
- Montpelier: 14.8 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 16.0 mi
- James Madison Museum: 16.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 11.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 11.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 12.9 mi
- Elkton Spring: 13.4 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 14.9 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 23.2 mi
- CATS Grove: 23.3 mi
- The Grove: 23.3 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 7.9 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 11.8 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 17.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 20.9 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 21.1 mi
- Luray Caverns: 21.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 21.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 21.3 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 5.7 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 19.1 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 20.7 mi
- Lake Orange: 21.0 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 22.6 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 15.1 mi
- Canada: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mitchell Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,172 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hazeltop | NW 326° | 1,149 m | 8.9 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,097 m | 10.3 mi |
| Hightop | WSW 257° | 1,091 m | 10.7 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | WNW 304° | 1,087 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | NW 312° | 1,083 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bush Mountain | NW 316° | 1,076 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,066 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1240338084
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 10 mi
- Charlottesville · 25 mi
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