Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve
Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 943 m. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckhorn Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off.
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 13.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 15.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 17 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckhorn Knob: 1.6 mi
- Spring Knob: 1.9 mi
- Jesses Knob: 2.2 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Tater Knob: 3.0 mi
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Princeton City Park: 8.0 mi
- Knob Street Park: 8.5 mi
- Dick Copeland Town Square: 8.7 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 8.7 mi
- Stone Arch: 9.1 mi
- This Way: 11.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 15.6 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 8.4 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 8.4 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 8.8 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 14.7 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 15.8 mi
- Junta: 18.9 mi
- Warford: 18.9 mi
- Lilly: 21.5 mi
- City Garden: 8.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 20.7 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 20.7 mi
- High Point: 11.2 mi
- Barneys Wall: 23.2 mi
- Barney's Wall: 23.2 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 16.7 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 19.4 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 7.9 mi
- Cascades: 23.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 15.3 mi
- DAK Lights: 20.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 20.3 mi
- Sharon Springs: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,282 m | 21.5 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SW 232° | 1,270 m | 19.2 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | ENE 72° | 1,256 m | 21.6 mi |
| Gose Knob | WSW 242° | 1,244 m | 19.9 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | NNE 29° | 1,239 m | 1.6 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,238 m | 7.8 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,224 m | 15.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | SW 234° | 1,202 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 11 mi away.
- galax2 obs
- northern whitecedar2 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander1 obs
- Red Salamander1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- cardinal flower1 obs
- Rosy Maple Moth1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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