Longdale Recreation Area
Longdale Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 384 m. Bald Knob stands 1,293 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Anthony Knobs, a peak 2.7 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 384 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 21 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 21 mi
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Mills Gap Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Anthony Knobs: 2.7 mi
- North Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Green Hill: 3.6 mi
- Ad Cox Knob: 3.6 mi
- Sandbank Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Booker T Washington Park: 6.5 mi
- Linden Park: 6.9 mi
- Masonic Amphitheatre: 6.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Clifton Forge School of the Arts Park: 6.9 mi
- Callie Furnace: 6.6 mi
- Eagle Rock Lime Kilns: 11.6 mi
- Roaring Run Furnace: 11.8 mi
- Liberty Hall Ruins: 13.8 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 14.3 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.4 mi
- Sand Springs: 11.0 mi
- Grose Spring: 19.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 19.9 mi
- Hunting Spring: 20.6 mi
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: 6.8 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 14.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 14.3 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 14.3 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 14.6 mi
- Stony Run Falls: 9.7 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 10.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 13.4 mi
- Falling Spring Falls: 14.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.1 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 14.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 14.5 mi
- The Cannonball: 14.6 mi
- George Washington: 14.6 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 17.5 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 13.7 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 13.9 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 14.1 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 14.1 mi
- Lake Robertson: 5.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Craig Creek Recreation Area: 18.7 mi
- Johnsons Creek State Natural Area Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.9 mi
- Piney Point: 24.5 mi
- High Point: 24.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 23.0 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Bolar Mountain Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 18.0 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Longdale Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 319° | 1,293 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 288° | 1,179 m | 12.3 mi |
| Big House Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,111 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 177° | 1,106 m | 9.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,088 m | 6.6 mi |
| Gully Mountain | S 174° | 1,064 m | 9.8 mi |
| North Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,059 m | 3.3 mi |
| Ad Cox Knob | SSE 162° | 1,055 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
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, 14 mi away.
- Eastern Newt4 obs
- Eastern Teaberry4 obs
- galax3 obs
- Millboro Leather Flower3 obs
- dwarf crested iris3 obs
- Carolina Vetch3 obs
- wintergreen barberry3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 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/356573025
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