Hills Mountain
Hills Mountain rises to 368 m in Virginia. Potatopatch Mountain stands 1,172 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Perry Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Catoctin Overlook · 8 mi
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 8 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 8 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Perry Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Diggs Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Turk Mountain: 2.3 mi
- The Horseshoe: 2.4 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Simpson Park: 12.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 12.6 mi
- Rife Park: 13.8 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 17.4 mi
- Mountain Man: 17.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 17.9 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 19.6 mi
- George Welsh: 19.7 mi
- Mirador: 11.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 16.4 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 16.8 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 17.4 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 4.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 6.7 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 8.2 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 16.9 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 18.5 mi
- Student Garden: 19.8 mi
- Keunen Garden: 20.5 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 20.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 6.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 15.3 mi
- James River at Wingina: 17.0 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 17.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 8.0 mi
- Dripping Rock: 8.3 mi
- Hickory Spring: 9.1 mi
- Coiner Spring: 14.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 6.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 14.6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 20.5 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 20.8 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 7.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 13.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.5 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 1.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 3.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Canada: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Hills Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potatopatch Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,172 m | 8.3 mi |
| Devils Knob | WNW 292° | 1,172 m | 8.4 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | NW 319° | 1,099 m | 7.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,050 m | 7.2 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | NW 322° | 949 m | 7.8 mi |
| Crawford Knob | NW 309° | 918 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dripping Rock | NW 305° | 913 m | 8.2 mi |
| Piney Mountain | WNW 282° | 846 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356572327
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 21 mi
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