Groundhog Hill
Groundhog Hill rises to 966 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Mountain Lookout, a peak 2.3 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034081, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 966 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 9.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 23.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 10 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker Mountain Lookout: 2.3 mi
- Little Turkey Knob: 2.4 mi
- Big Turkey Knob: 2.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Bryants Knob: 6.3 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 4.7 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 11.3 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Withers Park: 13.6 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 12.5 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 18.4 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 24.2 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 16.2 mi
- This Way: 18.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Big Spring: 7.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 8.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 22.2 mi
- Wooly: 24.2 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 23.3 mi
- Listening Rock: 24.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 9.5 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Groundhog Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,437 m | 11.0 mi |
| Iron Mountain | S 179° | 1,359 m | 13.0 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | NNW 342° | 1,348 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NNW 336° | 1,344 m | 9.2 mi |
| Canadays Ridge | S 181° | 1,320 m | 12.7 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | NNE 17° | 1,270 m | 12.0 mi |
| High Knob | S 170° | 1,266 m | 14.1 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,265 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499508 — Groundhog Hill, Wythe County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586740
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