Dixon Hill
Dixon Hill rises to 499 m in Virginia. Big Butt stands 1,053 m to the west-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Canaan Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49025078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 499 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 9 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 9 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 9 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canaan Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Atlas: 1.2 mi
- Bunkin Hill: 2.0 mi
- Big Hill: 2.6 mi
- Whites Hill: 3.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Maury Monument: 6.0 mi
- Jordan's Point: 6.9 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 7.4 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.1 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.1 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 7.1 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 7.1 mi
- Barracks The Virginia Military Institute: 7.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 11.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 12.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 12.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.2 mi
- George Washington: 7.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.2 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 7.3 mi
- Peristyle: 9.7 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.2 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.7 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 24.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 8.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 18.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 19.3 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.8 mi
- Lake Robertson: 14.1 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 23.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 12.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 19.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 24.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 4.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Byrd Point: 24.6 mi
- Trinity Point: 24.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 12.6 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 24.6 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 24.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 3.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 7.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Dixon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butt | WNW 283° | 1,053 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,003 m | 9.1 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | W 279° | 1,002 m | 10.4 mi |
| Dale Mountain | W 279° | 991 m | 9.3 mi |
| Jump Rock | NNW 330° | 959 m | 5.5 mi |
| Coopers Knob | WNW 289° | 959 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bratton Mountain | WNW 294° | 954 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Butt | WNW 283° | 947 m | 7.0 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 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1465837 — Dixon Hill, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356561250
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