Big Hill
Big Hill rises to 586 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Leeman Field Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Lee County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012507, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 586 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 3.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 13.7 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 25.9 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 14 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Knob: 2.8 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 2.9 mi
- Cedar Knob: 3.6 mi
- Eliza Knob: 4.6 mi
- Lone Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Leeman Field Park: 2.3 mi
- Stone Creek Outdoor Classroom and Community Park: 3.8 mi
- Lee Horse and Hunt Club: 7.2 mi
- Jonesville Park: 8.6 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 8.7 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 2.7 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 11.5 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 14.3 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 23.1 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 24.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 10.6 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 11.4 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 13.3 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 13.5 mi
- June Tolliver House: 13.7 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 9.0 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 15.4 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 19.8 mi
- The Rounds: 13.7 mi
- Howard Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 20.1 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Miller Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 19.4 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | ENE 66° | 1,288 m | 21.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,259 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Doubles | NNE 31° | 1,247 m | 11.5 mi |
| Eagle Knob | ENE 67° | 1,196 m | 22.7 mi |
| Camp Rock | ENE 69° | 1,188 m | 22.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 33° | 1,123 m | 10.0 mi |
| MCD 173 | NW 325° | 1,096 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bowling Knob | E 86° | 1,075 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583471
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- Kingsport · 29 mi
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