Avon Hill
Avon Hill rises to 142 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Alto, a peak 3.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49009360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 142 m
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.1 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 21 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 21 mi
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 21 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Simpson Park: 7.3 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 8.6 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 9.8 mi
- Dorrier Park: 10.0 mi
- Bruce Park: 10.0 mi
- Mount Alto: 3.5 mi
- Horse Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Monasco Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Green Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 6.1 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 19.3 mi
- James Monroe: 20.8 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 21.7 mi
- Mountain Man: 21.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 22.0 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 17.0 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 20.8 mi
- Mirador: 22.2 mi
- Graveyard Site: 22.3 mi
- Kitty Foster Cemetery: 22.7 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 21.9 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 22.5 mi
- West Lawn: 22.5 mi
- Student Garden: 22.7 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 23.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 5.3 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 10.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 12.1 mi
- Housewright House: 13.2 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 17.3 mi
- James River at Wingina: 7.1 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 10.2 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 13.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 17.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 22.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 22.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 22.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 22.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.1 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 20.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 23.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 24.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 21.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 21.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 21.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 12.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 21.0 mi
- Canada: 22.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Avon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | WNW 301° | 741 m | 15.7 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNW 342° | 726 m | 14.9 mi |
| High Top Mountain | WNW 290° | 678 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 293° | 677 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pats Knob | WNW 289° | 660 m | 15.7 mi |
| Massies Mountain | NNW 336° | 657 m | 15.2 mi |
| Naked Mountain | W 281° | 607 m | 10.0 mi |
| Walnut Top | NNW 338° | 572 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495212 — Avon Hill, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583442
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 23 mi
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