Riven Rock Picnic Area
Riven Rock Picnic Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 515 m. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Riven Rock Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 515 m
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Brown Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- Dundo Overlook · 27 mi
- Two Mile Run Overlook · 27 mi
- Rocky Top Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riven Rock Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Knob: 1.7 mi
- Narrowback Mountain: 2.1 mi
- River Rock Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 2.5 mi
- West Rockingham Ruritan Park: 6.3 mi
- Singers Glen Historic District: 8.1 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 8.1 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 8.1 mi
- Whitelow Park: 9.2 mi
- Fort Harrison: 9.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Cannon Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 10.8 mi
- JMU Alma Mater: 11.1 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 9.2 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 10.2 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 11.0 mi
- Virginia Quilt Museum: 11.2 mi
- Explore More Discovery Museum: 11.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 4.3 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 4.6 mi
- Sand Spring: 10.2 mi
- Hall Spring: 10.3 mi
- Seawright Springs: 16.7 mi
- Love Essence: 9.9 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 10.0 mi
- Flames: 10.0 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 10.0 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 10.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Fear Forest: 17.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 23.7 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 24.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 24.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 22.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 24.8 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Heishman Garden: 9.9 mi
- ISAT Patio: 11.8 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 11.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 19.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 19.2 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 7.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Riven Rock Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | WSW 250° | 1,338 m | 10.7 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | W 266° | 1,336 m | 7.0 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | W 266° | 1,332 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bother Knob | W 266° | 1,323 m | 8.4 mi |
| High Knob | WNW 300° | 1,246 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dyers Knob | WSW 248° | 1,245 m | 11.6 mi |
| Dundore Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,244 m | 4.4 mi |
| Cow Knob | N 351° | 1,231 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 8 mi away.
- Pipevine Swallowtail15 obs
- partridgeberry9 obs
- cardinal flower7 obs
- mountain laurel7 obs
- Cow Knob Salamander5 obs
- White-spotted Slimy Salamander5 obs
- pink lady's slipper5 obs
- bloodroot5 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/819919177
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