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Hazard Mill Recreation Area

Hazard Mill Recreation Area from directly overhead

Hazard Mill Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 171 m. Marys Rock stands 1,071 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Acorn Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 5.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
171 m
Visiting

What to expect

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Coordinates38.83150, -78.34667

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
Historic sites: 28
  • Indian Grave: 3.4 mi
  • Snead Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Millenium Sundial: 10.4 mi
  • Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 10.4 mi
  • 128th New York Monument: 12.4 mi
Springs: 22
Waterfalls: 20
Museums: 20
  • Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 9.3 mi
  • Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 9.3 mi
  • Virginia Beer Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Strasburg Museum: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 8.1 mi
  • Pavilian: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 5
  • W.O. Riley Park Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Old grape garden: 17.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 24.4 mi
Artworks: 5
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 10.2 mi
  • Love: 13.7 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 18.8 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 19.0 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 19.1 mi
Nature reserves: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Hazard Mill Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys RockS 173°1,071 m12.6 mi
Hogback MountainSE 141°1,056 m6.2 mi
North MarshallESE 116°1,024 m8.7 mi
SugarloafSSE 150°985 m6.2 mi
South MarshallESE 121°979 m8.0 mi
Little Hogback MountainSE 137°940 m6.8 mi
Pass MountainS 170°915 m10.4 mi
The PeakESE 118°889 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4920:0320:43
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:2916:1416:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442526170747366554436
Precip in2.92.33.22.84.44.23.93.44.42.62.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodstock 2 NE, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • striped wintergreen20 obs
  • woad15 obs
  • rocktwist13 obs
  • ebony spleenwort12 obs
  • Smallmouth Bass11 obs
  • mountain laurel10 obs
  • poison hemlock10 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/356572207

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