Ball Hill
Ball Hill rises to 167 m in Virginia. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Polecat Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49010534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 167 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 15 mi
- River Vista · 22 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 22 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Polecat Hill: 0.5 mi
- Steptoe Hill: 4.3 mi
- Vesper Hill: 4.9 mi
- Griffin Mountain: 7.0 mi
- White Rock: 7.7 mi
- Mickie Gordon Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Mercer Park: 2.0 mi
- Aldie Mill Historic Park: 5.1 mi
- Gilbert's Corner Regional Park: 6.9 mi
- Upperville Park: 7.5 mi
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 3.7 mi
- Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 4.5 mi
- Swart Farmhouse: 9.0 mi
- Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 9.3 mi
- 9/11 Steel Beam Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Historic Aldie Mill: 5.1 mi
- Jumping Pillow #2: 8.5 mi
- Triple Threat Slide: 8.5 mi
- Pigs: 8.5 mi
- Tire Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 8.7 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 9.8 mi
- Senior Garden: 9.8 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 10.4 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 9.2 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 11.3 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 11.7 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 1.8 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 7.0 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 7.0 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 9.8 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 12.3 mi
- Carol: 8.8 mi
- Sundial: 11.8 mi
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 12.2 mi
- Sun Flower: 12.2 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 12.2 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 14.2 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 14.8 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- White Rock Spring: 7.4 mi
- UnNamed Spring: 12.7 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 12.9 mi
- Harmony Spring: 12.9 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 13.0 mi
- River Access: 12.5 mi
- River Access: 12.5 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
- Pua Falls: 10.6 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 11.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Ball Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | W 261° | 674 m | 15.8 mi |
| Paris | W 268° | 590 m | 14.4 mi |
| Paris Mountain | WNW 285° | 587 m | 10.8 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | SW 228° | 476 m | 15.9 mi |
| Neersville | N 353° | 467 m | 17.1 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WSW 249° | 448 m | 14.4 mi |
| Raven Rocks | NNW 332° | 443 m | 11.6 mi |
| Little Cobbler Mountain | SW 233° | 441 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1749590 — Ball Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356597770
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 2 mi
- Loudoun County · 8 mi
- Leesburg · 12 mi
- Ashburn · 14 mi
- Sterling · 16 mi
- Chantilly · 18 mi
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