Long Branch Picnic Area
Long Branch Picnic Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 764 m. Point Lookout Mountain stands 1,380 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmers Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 764 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fox Hunters Paradise Overlook · 17 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 17 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 17 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Farmers Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 2.7 mi
- Stoneman Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bald Rock: 3.1 mi
- Toby Knob: 3.2 mi
- Dannelly Park: 7.0 mi
- New River Trail State Park: 7.8 mi
- Shot Tower State Historical Park: 9.2 mi
- Felts Park: 9.2 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Park: 11.9 mi
- Jeff Matthews Museum: 8.8 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 14.1 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 20.1 mi
- Thunder Road Museum: 24.6 mi
- Crooked Creek: 12.5 mi
- Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 16.3 mi
- Raven Knob Scout Reservation: 21.7 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 22.8 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 4.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Music Center: 16.1 mi
- Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum: 22.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Zeke's Peak: 21.6 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Incredible Falls: 24.8 mi
- Bullhead Creek Cascades: 24.9 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 12.0 mi
- Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.7 mi
- Virginia Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Waterfront: 22.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Long Branch Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Lookout Mountain | SW 232° | 1,380 m | 12.4 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SW 233° | 1,380 m | 12.4 mi |
| Horse Heaven | W 273° | 1,175 m | 8.5 mi |
| Perkins Knob | W 261° | 1,171 m | 8.0 mi |
| Jones Knob | W 260° | 1,163 m | 4.6 mi |
| High Knob | W 261° | 1,150 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sand Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,123 m | 10.0 mi |
| High Rocks | NNW 336° | 1,111 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galax Radio Wbrf, 9 mi away.
- fringed polygala2 obs
- Three-lined Salamander1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- pink lady's slipper1 obs
- wild geranium1 obs
- Spongy Moth1 obs
- Tree Lungwort1 obs
- eastern redcedar1 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 node/356573017
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 29 mi
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