Gravel Hill
Gravel Hill rises to 757 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Well Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 757 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 20.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 25 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 26 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Well Hill: 1.0 mi
- Harles Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lugar Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bruisers Knob: 2.5 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 3.6 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- North Fork Valley Rural Historic District: 8.2 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 9.0 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 7.2 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 10.6 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 11.5 mi
- The Pylons: 11.6 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 11.7 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 11.2 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 11.6 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 12.5 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 15.6 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 17.7 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 11.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 12.2 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 12.4 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 13.3 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 13.4 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 2.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Bear Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 10.1 mi
- Barney's Wall: 12.9 mi
- Barneys Wall: 13.0 mi
- Keffer Oak: 2.9 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 3.0 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 13.4 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.5 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 18.2 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 12.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 12.4 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 20.3 mi
- Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 22.8 mi
- Cascades: 12.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 20.2 mi
- The Cascades: 20.2 mi
- Middle Cascades: 20.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 21.0 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 17.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 17.9 mi
- Big Spring: 18.7 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 18.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 18.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 22.1 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Gravel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WSW 255° | 1,327 m | 10.4 mi |
| Butt Mountain | W 265° | 1,282 m | 14.8 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | W 264° | 1,256 m | 14.6 mi |
| Wind Rock | WNW 281° | 1,246 m | 9.2 mi |
| Wrights Peak | WNW 303° | 1,242 m | 11.2 mi |
| Brushy Top | W 271° | 1,236 m | 13.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | W 280° | 1,232 m | 7.8 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | W 280° | 1,231 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493020 — Gravel Hill, Craig County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581873
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 24 mi
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