Jordan's Point
Jordan's Point is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonel Claudius Crozet, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 8 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Windfall Hill: 0.7 mi
- Poplar Hill: 2.8 mi
- Thorn Hill: 3.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.1 mi
- Brushy Hill: 3.2 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 0.5 mi
- Lexington Historic District: 0.7 mi
- Hopkins Green: 1.0 mi
- Revenhorst Park: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 0.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 0.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 0.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Barracks The Virginia Military Institute: 0.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 12.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 14.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 14.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 0.4 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 0.6 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 0.8 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: 21.5 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 1.2 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 11.7 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 12.9 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 13.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 12.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 19.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 21.8 mi
- George Washington: 0.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 0.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 0.4 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 0.6 mi
- Peristyle: 5.6 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Lake Robertson: 9.8 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 2.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 11.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Jordan's Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,111 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Butt | NNW 340° | 1,053 m | 7.9 mi |
| Little House Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,032 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,015 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,003 m | 10.5 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | NW 318° | 1,002 m | 10.3 mi |
| Dale Mountain | NW 322° | 991 m | 9.4 mi |
| Coopers Knob | NNW 338° | 959 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 1 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells61 obs
- White-tailed Deer44 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel44 obs
- dame's rocket42 obs
- autumn olive40 obs
- garlic mustard36 obs
- blue phlox27 obs
- Common Watersnake26 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/413128210
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