Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill rises to 430 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Caboose, a museum 3.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 430 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 8 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 10 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Cahas Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Clower Knob: 4.2 mi
- Coles Knob: 4.4 mi
- Graveyard Knob: 4.9 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park -: 6.9 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park\: 6.9 mi
- Waid Recreation Park: 7.2 mi
- Lynch Park: 7.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 7.6 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Rorer Hall: 14.0 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 14.0 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 14.1 mi
- Caboose: 3.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 10.5 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 14.0 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 14.1 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 14.1 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 11.9 mi
- Explore Park: 13.6 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 8.3 mi
- Roanoke Star: 12.7 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 14.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 14.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 16.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 12.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 13.6 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 13.9 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 14.1 mi
- The Solar Wind: 16.2 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 12.7 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 13.7 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- Beale Garden: 19.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 24.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 11.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 11.8 mi
- White Falls: 18.7 mi
- Calico Rock: 16.0 mi
- Cracker Point: 16.8 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 22.8 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | NW 312° | 1,141 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | NW 326° | 1,083 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bent Mountain | NW 307° | 975 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | NW 307° | 972 m | 8.9 mi |
| Masons Knob | NNW 337° | 961 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | NW 321° | 935 m | 9.0 mi |
| Shortts Knob | SW 232° | 886 m | 18.2 mi |
| Smith Hill | W 262° | 874 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494791 — Bunker Hill, Franklin County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583263
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 14 mi
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