Copelands Rocks
Copelands Rocks rises to 903 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49021952, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 903 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- The Slacks Overlook · 1 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Knob of Rocks: 1.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 13.9 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 14.3 mi
- Rife Park: 14.4 mi
- Statler Brothers: 17.1 mi
- Augusta County: 17.1 mi
- Cannon: 17.8 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Mirador: 18.9 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 9.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 13.8 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.9 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 15.1 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 5.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 7.6 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 7.8 mi
- Flower Pots: 17.0 mi
- Watering Can: 17.0 mi
- Staunton: 17.2 mi
- Chodo IX: 17.3 mi
- Knight Statue: 19.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 12.9 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 16.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 22.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 3.5 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 13.8 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 17.9 mi
- Apple Cannon: 21.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 0.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 3.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 7.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 18.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 0.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.7 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 24.9 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 25.0 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 17.1 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 19.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 14.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 10.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Copelands Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,232 m | 5.7 mi |
| The Priest | S 178° | 1,227 m | 5.6 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SW 221° | 1,226 m | 8.1 mi |
| Three Ridges | ESE 123° | 1,210 m | 5.4 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 80° | 1,172 m | 6.2 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 80° | 1,172 m | 6.2 mi |
| Little Priest | S 183° | 1,133 m | 6.8 mi |
| Spy Rock | SSW 210° | 1,128 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1488557 — Copelands Rocks, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575756
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