Ryans Branch Recreation Area
Ryans Branch Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 318 m. Hog Mountain stands 1,087 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mines Branch Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 318 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Smart View Overlook · 7 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 12 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 13 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poor Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Stuarts Knob: 3.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Brown Hill: 4.7 mi
- Turners Knob: 6.5 mi
- Mines Branch Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Rennet Bag Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Jamison Mill Park: 1.7 mi
- Horseshoe Point Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Twin Ridge Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 4.4 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 21.5 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 22.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 6.7 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 7.9 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 12.9 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 17.3 mi
- Caboose: 20.3 mi
- White Falls: 2.7 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 19.0 mi
- Camp Creek: 19.0 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Calico Rock: 1.0 mi
- Cracker Point: 6.4 mi
- One Clear View: 12.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 23.8 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Spring Well #25: 11.3 mi
- Brush: 20.6 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Ryans Branch Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,087 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,083 m | 19.1 mi |
| Jones Mountain | W 259° | 1,081 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 261° | 1,080 m | 13.5 mi |
| Slate Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,059 m | 18.0 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | WSW 257° | 1,049 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | W 278° | 985 m | 8.5 mi |
| Panther Knob | W 270° | 983 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Philpott DAM 2, 7 mi away.
- American beech3 obs
- large white trillium3 obs
- Great Blue Heron2 obs
- pink lady's slipper2 obs
- Indian tobacco2 obs
- smooth yellow false foxglove2 obs
- Asian Clam2 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink2 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/662688187
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