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High Head

High Head, seen from above at true elevation

High Head rises to 558 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49036241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
558 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90706, -78.64613

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 20
Springs: 16
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Cootie Bug: 13.4 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 13.4 mi
  • Love: 19.0 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 22.0 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pavilian: 14.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of High Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainN 9°1,006 m5.0 mi
Devils BenchmarkWNW 289°995 m4.8 mi
Sugar KnobNNE 21°976 m5.2 mi
Little Sluice MountainNNE 31°951 m4.6 mi
Long MountainNW 312°951 m4.6 mi
Snyder KnobWNW 282°936 m7.0 mi
Paddy MountainNNE 33°910 m8.2 mi
Cove MountainW 262°898 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526170747265544335
Precip in2.41.82.93.14.04.34.13.43.72.62.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356572263

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