Big Spy Mountain
Big Spy Mountain rises to 958 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Spy Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49012785, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 958 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 5 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Spy Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Long Drive Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Donald Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 9.8 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 10.1 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
- Laurel Park: 16.4 mi
- Montgomery Hall Park: 16.6 mi
- Statler Brothers: 17.0 mi
- Augusta County: 17.1 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 17.5 mi
- Cannon: 17.6 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 13.3 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 16.2 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 17.1 mi
- Augusta County Historical Society: 17.1 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum: 17.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.6 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 9.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.5 mi
- Peristyle: 16.3 mi
- Knight Statue: 16.3 mi
- Flower Pots: 17.0 mi
- Watering Can: 17.0 mi
- Staunton: 17.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 5.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 17.5 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 17.8 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 18.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 11.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 15.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 16.5 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 2.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 4.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 11.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 16.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.0 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.3 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 16.3 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 17.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 18.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 14.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 17.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Big Spy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | S 169° | 1,232 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pompey Peak | S 187° | 1,229 m | 10.7 mi |
| The Priest | SE 145° | 1,227 m | 7.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | S 191° | 1,226 m | 6.7 mi |
| Three Ridges | ESE 112° | 1,210 m | 9.2 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 86° | 1,172 m | 10.2 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 87° | 1,172 m | 10.2 mi |
| Little Priest | SSE 153° | 1,133 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586574
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