Grassy Hill
Grassy Hill rises to 520 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Elizabeth Park -, a park 1.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033065, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 520 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 11 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 11 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 14 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Elizabeth Park -: 1.5 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park\: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.4 mi
- Lynch Park: 2.4 mi
- Waid Recreation Park: 3.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.9 mi
- Flint Hill: 4.2 mi
- Coles Knob: 4.4 mi
- Clower Knob: 4.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.8 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 16.6 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 17.7 mi
- Rorer Hall: 17.8 mi
- Caboose: 7.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 9.2 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 17.7 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 17.8 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 17.8 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Explore Park: 15.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 17.0 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.5 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 19.4 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 8.1 mi
- Roanoke Star: 16.2 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 17.8 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 17.8 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 22.1 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 16.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Beale Garden: 23.4 mi
- Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 17.1 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 17.6 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 17.7 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 17.8 mi
- The Solar Wind: 21.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 16.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 16.7 mi
- White Falls: 18.2 mi
- Calico Rock: 15.3 mi
- Cracker Point: 18.0 mi
- Spring Well #25: 12.3 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 16.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Grassy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | NW 313° | 1,141 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | NW 319° | 1,083 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bent Mountain | NW 309° | 975 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | NW 309° | 972 m | 14.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | NNW 327° | 961 m | 13.0 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | NW 318° | 935 m | 14.3 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | W 260° | 801 m | 12.5 mi |
| Twelve O'clock Knob | NNW 328° | 792 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493016 — Grassy Hill, Franklin County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581869
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 18 mi
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