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Green Spur

Green Spur, seen from above at true elevation

Green Spur rises to 785 m in Virginia. Rich Patch Mountains stands 1,120 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Craig Creek Recreation Area, a nature reserve 4.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
785 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.56327, -79.92201

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fincastle Historic District: 5.1 mi
  • Field of Dreams: 8.8 mi
  • Greenfield Recreation Park: 9.0 mi
  • Troutville Park: 10.5 mi
  • National Childrens Forest: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 12
  • Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 5.1 mi
  • Craig County Historical Society: 11.0 mi
  • Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Alleghany Historical Society: 16.2 mi
  • C&O Railway Heritage Center: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 11
  • Craig Creek Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Carvins Cove: 12.6 mi
  • Read Mountain Preserve: 15.9 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Slaty Mountain Preserve: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Beaverdam Falls: 18.5 mi
  • The Cascades: 18.5 mi
  • Middle Cascades: 18.7 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 19.6 mi
  • Lace Falls: 20.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Thomas Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Beale Garden: 14.5 mi
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Mountain View Community Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Green Spur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich Patch MountainsN 353°1,120 m9.4 mi
Nicholls KnobNW 321°1,084 m8.9 mi
Montgomery KnobN 355°1,081 m9.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 300°1,074 m7.2 mi
Mud Run MountainNNW 336°1,067 m10.6 mi
Fork MountainNW 317°1,039 m7.9 mi
Toms KnobWNW 286°1,031 m12.3 mi
Pine MountainN 356°1,017 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5920:0620:45
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:3216:2517:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576573777569584639
Precip in3.22.73.73.84.43.94.53.04.13.43.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buchanan, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496929 — Green Spur, Botetourt County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/9275374498

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