Chimney Rock
Chimney Rock rises to 1,108 m in Virginia. Lone Pine Peak stands 1,232 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sinking Creek Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Craig County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,108 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 20 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 22 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Havens State Game Refuge: 8.5 mi
- Field of Dreams: 9.8 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 10.2 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Biergarten: 11.9 mi
- Sinking Creek Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Earn Knob: 1.9 mi
- Brush Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cove Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Aps Knob: 5.8 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 4.7 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 13.5 mi
- The Rock: 15.9 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Salem Museum: 13.2 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 15.9 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 17.8 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 17.9 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 10.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 12.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 9.7 mi
- The Rock: 12.8 mi
- The Solar Wind: 12.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 17.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 17.9 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 5.7 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 9.7 mi
- Keffer Oak: 10.5 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.6 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 18.5 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 5.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Bear Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 13.7 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 13.7 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 14.5 mi
- Big Spring: 16.4 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 16.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 16.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 18.1 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 18.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 16.1 mi
- Middle Cascades: 16.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 21.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 21.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 22.2 mi
- Howrytown: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Chimney Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Pine Peak | W 264° | 1,232 m | 15.5 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | W 264° | 1,231 m | 15.4 mi |
| Fork Mountain | W 278° | 1,190 m | 15.4 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | WNW 300° | 1,186 m | 8.2 mi |
| Kelly Knob | WSW 247° | 1,141 m | 13.5 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,136 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,117 m | 0.8 mi |
| Hanging Rock | N 5° | 1,102 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:26 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571041
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 19 mi
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