Big Hill
Big Hill rises to 588 m in Virginia. Hogback stands 1,355 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is White Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4747388.
Wikidata Q49012512, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 588 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Boston Knob Overlook · 13 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 15 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pisgah Hill: 2.4 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 2.7 mi
- Byrd Knob: 3.1 mi
- Jump Rock: 3.5 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 4.0 mi
- Maury Monument: 5.9 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 7.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 12.0 mi
- Jordan's Point: 13.1 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 5.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 13.3 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 13.3 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 13.3 mi
- Cockran Spring: 9.2 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 11.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Spring: 14.2 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 14.6 mi
- George C. Marshall: 13.3 mi
- George Washington: 13.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 13.4 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 13.4 mi
- Peristyle: 16.2 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 13.4 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 13.4 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 13.8 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 13.8 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 19.9 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Lake Robertson: 17.8 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 18.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 18.9 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 14.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 15.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 17.7 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 20.0 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 24.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Byrd Point: 19.0 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 19.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 23.7 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 6.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 19.9 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 22.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 5.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback | N 10° | 1,355 m | 13.1 mi |
| Big Butt | SW 231° | 1,053 m | 8.2 mi |
| Archer Knob | N 356° | 1,039 m | 10.2 mi |
| Aggies Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,023 m | 12.6 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,003 m | 9.5 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,002 m | 11.7 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge | NW 306° | 998 m | 12.1 mi |
| Dale Mountain | WSW 241° | 991 m | 10.8 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 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1463357 — Big Hill, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560300
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