Peaks View Park
Peaks View Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rain Garden, a garden 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 17 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ivy Creek Park: 1.5 mi
- Ed Page Entrance: 1.9 mi
- Blackwater Creek Park: 2.3 mi
- Sandusky Park: 2.6 mi
- Perrymont Park: 2.9 mi
- Bedford County: 2.0 mi
- Odd Tree: 2.9 mi
- Even Post: 2.9 mi
- Steam Powered Machinery: 3.1 mi
- Union Prisoner of War Camp: 3.2 mi
- Spring Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Locke Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Fleming Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Jackson Peak: 5.6 mi
- Candler Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College: 3.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Human Rights: 3.2 mi
- Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 3.5 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Station House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 2.4 mi
- University of Lynchburg Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 3.1 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 3.7 mi
- Olympic Runner: 3.2 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 3.7 mi
- Mayor: 3.9 mi
- Hayes Monument: 4.2 mi
- Piano: 4.2 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 3.3 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 3.4 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 3.5 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 3.5 mi
- VUL Sign: 4.2 mi
- Marble Spring: 15.7 mi
- Hunting Spring: 16.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 16.8 mi
- Big Spring: 20.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 22.5 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 3.5 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 17.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.1 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 18.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 20.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 20.1 mi
- Lace Falls: 23.5 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 8.7 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Peaks View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Orchard Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,287 m | 17.2 mi |
| Thunder Hill | WNW 296° | 1,221 m | 17.2 mi |
| Onion Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,157 m | 16.9 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,062 m | 14.8 mi |
| Highcock Knob | NW 309° | 931 m | 15.5 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | NNW 328° | 910 m | 17.4 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | N 10° | 876 m | 10.1 mi |
| High Peak | N 10° | 876 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Canada Goose59 obs
- Northern Mockingbird50 obs
- Eastern Bluebird37 obs
- Turkey Vulture34 obs
- Tree Swallow27 obs
- Huron Skipper26 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog25 obs
- White-tailed Deer24 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/468915724
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 4 mi
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