Big Hill
Big Hill rises to 520 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the west-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunkin Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 520 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 10 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunkin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Dixon Hill: 2.6 mi
- Whites Hill: 2.7 mi
- Adair Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Atlas: 2.9 mi
- Maury Monument: 4.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 6.1 mi
- Jordan's Point: 6.2 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.8 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 5.8 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 6.4 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 6.4 mi
- Barracks The Virginia Military Institute: 6.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 11.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 14.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 14.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 14.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 14.9 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 17.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 18.5 mi
- George C. Marshall: 6.4 mi
- George Washington: 6.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 6.5 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 6.5 mi
- Peristyle: 10.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 6.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 6.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 6.9 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: 22.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 14.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.7 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 22.1 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Lake Robertson: 11.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 16.0 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 22.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.8 mi
- Byrd Point: 23.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 5.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 12.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,111 m | 8.7 mi |
| Big Butt | WNW 289° | 1,053 m | 3.7 mi |
| Little House Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,032 m | 8.1 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,003 m | 6.6 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | W 280° | 1,002 m | 7.8 mi |
| Dale Mountain | W 280° | 991 m | 6.7 mi |
| Jump Rock | N 358° | 959 m | 4.5 mi |
| Coopers Knob | WNW 297° | 959 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583291
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