Big Hill
Big Hill rises to 545 m in Virginia. Cellar Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4747387.
Wikidata Q49012511, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 545 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Boston Knob Overlook · 11 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 12 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 13 mi
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roundtop Hill: 0.6 mi
- Pisgah Hill: 1.1 mi
- White Hill: 1.5 mi
- Miller Hill: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 1.8 mi
- Maury Monument: 7.3 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 9.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
- Jordan's Point: 12.5 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 7.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 12.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 12.7 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 12.7 mi
- Cockran Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 13.3 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 13.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 12.8 mi
- George Washington: 12.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.8 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 12.9 mi
- Peristyle: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.8 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 12.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 13.2 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 19.3 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 16.6 mi
- Lake Robertson: 18.5 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 19.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 12.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 13.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.1 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.5 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 24.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.0 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.3 mi
- Byrd Point: 21.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 12.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
- Panther Falls: 17.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 21.4 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 7.8 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 19.3 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 19.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 5.4 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 7.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cellar Mountain | E 93° | 1,112 m | 11.6 mi |
| Big Butt | WSW 247° | 1,053 m | 9.2 mi |
| Archer Knob | NNW 347° | 1,039 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bare Mountain | E 88° | 1,039 m | 12.2 mi |
| Aggies Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,023 m | 10.0 mi |
| Long Drive Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,014 m | 11.7 mi |
| Nettle Mountain | SE 140° | 1,014 m | 11.8 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | W 260° | 1,003 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1463356 — Big Hill, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560299
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