Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve
Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 689 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Hollow Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- VA Dept of Conservation and Recreation
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 23.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 29 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 29 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 30 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clover Hollow Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Julian Knob: 0.9 mi
- Kelly Knob: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Knob: 2.6 mi
- Keister Hill: 2.7 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 3.6 mi
- Deerfield Park: 5.7 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Biking Skills Park: 6.6 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 7.5 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 8.1 mi
- The Pylons: 8.1 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 9.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 7.9 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 8.1 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 8.8 mi
- Modern Art: 9.1 mi
- Modern Art: 9.1 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 7.8 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 8.3 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 8.7 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 14.9 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 14.9 mi
- Bear Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 3.4 mi
- Barney's Wall: 7.2 mi
- Barneys Wall: 7.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 4.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- Keffer Oak: 4.8 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 9.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 15.0 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 16.8 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 19.0 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 8.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 9.8 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 14.8 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 22.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 23.0 mi
- Big Spring: 23.1 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 23.3 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 23.3 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 23.5 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 24.1 mi
- Cascades: 6.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 21.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 21.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 17.2 mi
- Junta: 23.9 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 24.8 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | W 278° | 1,327 m | 4.2 mi |
| Butt Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,282 m | 9.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | W 281° | 1,256 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNW 328° | 1,246 m | 5.9 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NNW 340° | 1,242 m | 9.9 mi |
| Brushy Top | WNW 294° | 1,236 m | 8.4 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNW 338° | 1,232 m | 4.9 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,231 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 10 mi away.
- Eastern Newt182 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander101 obs
- Spring Peeper48 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander20 obs
- Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander15 obs
- American Bullfrog13 obs
- Common Box Turtle10 obs
- Spring Salamander9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/720979693
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 29 mi
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