Otter Creek Recreation Area
Otter Creek Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 242 m. Thunder Hill stands 1,221 m to the west-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 242 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 9 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamilton Knob: 1.3 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Miners Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Big Piney Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 5.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 6.8 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 7.9 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 9.3 mi
- Odd Tree: 13.2 mi
- Knick Field: 7.2 mi
- Centennial Park: 7.3 mi
- Terrapin Mtn Race Start/Finish: 8.3 mi
- Jellystone Park Natural Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Monacan Park: 8.7 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 11.6 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 11.6 mi
- Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College: 13.2 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 13.8 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 14.1 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 7.3 mi
- Knight Statue: 11.3 mi
- Peristyle: 11.4 mi
- Olympic Runner: 14.9 mi
- Mayor: 15.1 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 11.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 13.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 13.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 14.6 mi
- University of Lynchburg Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 7.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 11.7 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 11.9 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 12.1 mi
- Marble Spring: 5.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hunting Spring: 6.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 14.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 14.5 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 17.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 9.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 11.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 12.6 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 15.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 21.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Otter Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Hill | WSW 251° | 1,221 m | 9.7 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,062 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | N 355° | 1,015 m | 5.8 mi |
| Highcock Knob | W 261° | 931 m | 5.7 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | NW 324° | 910 m | 4.9 mi |
| Silas Knob | NNW 345° | 904 m | 5.2 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | E 95° | 876 m | 8.1 mi |
| High Peak | E 95° | 876 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 15 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail16 obs
- Watershield15 obs
- Persian silk tree13 obs
- Canada Goose12 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk11 obs
- cardinal flower10 obs
- mountain laurel10 obs
- Shrub Yellowroot10 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/356573886
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 16 mi
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