Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District
Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 132 m. Kirtley Mountain stands 788 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hardwick Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 132 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 19 mi
- South River Overlook · 20 mi
- Swift Run Overlook · 20 mi
- Hensley Hollow Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardwick Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cowherd Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Smith Hill: 3.2 mi
- Chicken Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Cameron Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Barboursville Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Gordonsville Historic District: 5.0 mi
- Verling Park: 5.3 mi
- Cooke Park: 5.3 mi
- Preddy Creek Trail Park: 7.0 mi
- Speech Stump: 15.5 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 15.8 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 16.7 mi
- Looking for Ice: 16.9 mi
- The Biker: 17.1 mi
- Bloomsbury: 10.7 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 17.0 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 4.1 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 16.3 mi
- CATS Grove: 16.5 mi
- The Grove: 16.5 mi
- South River Falls: 18.9 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 20.8 mi
- Cedar Falls: 21.3 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Montpelier: 4.1 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 5.4 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- James Madison Museum: 7.5 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 12.8 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 19.4 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 19.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 20.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 20.1 mi
- Lake Orange: 12.1 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.8 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 20.7 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 22.7 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 11.0 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 21.0 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 23.4 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 24.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 17.4 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 19.1 mi
- Elkton Spring: 24.3 mi
- Lewis Spring: 24.8 mi
- Canada: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtley Mountain | NNW 327° | 788 m | 16.6 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | NNW 327° | 725 m | 17.9 mi |
| Utz Hightop | NNW 342° | 643 m | 16.7 mi |
| Peters Mountain | SSW 206° | 550 m | 5.6 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | WNW 283° | 533 m | 17.7 mi |
| Powell Mountain | WNW 303° | 526 m | 16.0 mi |
| Daniels Mountain | WNW 298° | 520 m | 16.7 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NNW 336° | 505 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset, 3 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle7 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink4 obs
- Mourning Dove2 obs
- Blue Jay2 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee2 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/356583200
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 17 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 24 mi
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