Nature reserve · Virginia

Mole Hill Acres

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Mole Hill Acres from directly overhead

Mole Hill Acres is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 495 m. Flagpole Knob stands 1,336 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mole Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: MOLE HILL ACRES LLC

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates38.45061, -78.95180

19.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
29.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Mole Hill: 0.2 mi
Onyx Hill: 1.5 mi
Shavers Hill: 3.3 mi
Round Hill: 4.7 mi
Cooper Mountain: 4.7 mi

Parks

West Rockingham Ruritan Park: 1.0 mi
Dayton Historic District: 2.5 mi
Hillandale Park: 3.0 mi
Whitelow Park: 3.6 mi
Westover Park: 3.7 mi

Historic sites23

Fort Harrison: 2.4 mi
Cannon Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
Veterans Memorial Monument: 4.0 mi
JMU Alma Mater: 4.2 mi
Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi

Museums20

Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 2.3 mi
Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 4.3 mi
Virginia Quilt Museum: 4.5 mi
Explore More Discovery Museum: 4.5 mi
Bridgewater Historical Society: 4.9 mi

Artworks16

Love Essence: 4.1 mi
Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 4.1 mi
Guns into Plowshares: 4.1 mi
Flames: 4.1 mi
CON_Sequential Complex: 4.1 mi

Springs14

Beaver Creek Spring: 4.8 mi
Maple Spring: 11.2 mi
Seawright Springs: 11.9 mi
Rockingham springs: 12.7 mi
Sand Spring: 16.3 mi

Attractions6

Fear Forest: 9.9 mi
Endless View Farms: 19.9 mi
Apple Cannon: 20.0 mi
Gypsy Hill Express Train: 21.2 mi
Treasure Mountain: 22.3 mi

Waterfalls6

Upper Doyles River Falls: 20.3 mi
Jones Run Falls: 20.3 mi
Lower Doyles River Falls: 20.4 mi
Cedar Falls: 22.5 mi
Dry Run Falls: 23.3 mi

Gardens5

Heishman Garden: 4.1 mi
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 4.9 mi
ISAT Patio: 4.9 mi
Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 21.8 mi
Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 21.9 mi

Picnic sites5

North River Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 19.6 mi
Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.2 mi
South River Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Mountain House Day Use Area: 24.4 mi

Cliffs3

Trinity Point: 20.6 mi
Yellow Cliffs: 21.9 mi
Raven Rocks: 22.5 mi

Rest areas2

Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 13.8 mi
Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 13.8 mi

Nature reserves2

Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 22.4 mi
Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 22.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Mole Hill Acres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Flagpole Knob	WNW 288°	1,336 m	13.2 mi
Slate Springs Mountain	WNW 288°	1,332 m	13.3 mi
Bother Knob	WNW 286°	1,323 m	14.6 mi
High Knob	NW 305°	1,246 m	14.4 mi
Dundore Mountain	WNW 299°	1,244 m	11.3 mi
Meadow Knob	WNW 290°	1,184 m	11.7 mi
Oak Knob	WNW 284°	1,175 m	10.1 mi
Feedstone Mountain	NW 324°	1,174 m	12.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:53	19:28
June solstice	05:53	20:04	20:44
September equinox	07:04	18:40	19:15
December solstice	07:30	16:17	16:59

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	52	62	71	75	73	66	55	44	36
Precip in	2.7	2.2	3.2	3.3	4.0	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.7	2.5	2.6	2.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1362439753

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