Half Acre of Rocks
Half Acre of Rocks rises to 679 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Acre of Rocks, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 679 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 19 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 19 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Acre of Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Paris Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Double Ridge Knob: 3.9 mi
- Mill Knob: 4.9 mi
- Hightop Mountain: 5.1 mi
- North Fork Valley Rural Historic District: 1.4 mi
- Wayside Park: 6.2 mi
- Creed Fields Park: 6.5 mi
- Crestview Tot Lot: 6.9 mi
- Sunrise Park: 6.9 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 7.2 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 7.5 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 7.8 mi
- The Pylons: 7.9 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 7.6 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 7.8 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 8.8 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 10.9 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 11.7 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 7.2 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 7.8 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 8.1 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 11.8 mi
- Modern Art: 12.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 10.6 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 6.1 mi
- Keffer Oak: 7.5 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 8.2 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 11.8 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 18.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 7.1 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 8.4 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 17.1 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 8.9 mi
- Bear Cliff: 14.1 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Barney's Wall: 18.0 mi
- Barneys Wall: 18.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 11.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 11.9 mi
- Cascades: 17.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 17.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 17.1 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 24.0 mi
- Spring Well #25: 19.7 mi
- Howrytown: 24.8 mi
- Water Front: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Half Acre of Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WNW 292° | 1,327 m | 15.0 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NW 310° | 1,232 m | 15.1 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NW 310° | 1,231 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poor Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,141 m | 8.7 mi |
| Kelly Knob | NW 306° | 1,141 m | 10.5 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,136 m | 15.7 mi |
| Johns Creek Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,121 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,117 m | 12.6 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 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495638 — Half Acre of Rocks, Montgomery County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583606
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 19 mi
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