Humpback Rocks
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Humpback Rocks rises to 949 m in Virginia. Three Ridges stands 1,210 m to the south-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Humpback Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Humpback Rocks is a massive greenstone outcropping near the peak of Humpback Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Augusta County and Nelson County, Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of 3,080 feet (940 m). The rock formation is so named for the visual effect of a "hump" it creates on the western face of the mountain. Located six miles (10 km) south of the northern entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro, Virginia, Humpback Rocks stands out from many other mountain summits in the Blue Ridge due to its exposed rocky summit, in contrast to the heavily vegetated peaks of surrounding mountains. The location features a well-maintained trail and visitor center.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5941237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 949 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 1 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 2 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 2 mi
- Cedar Cliffs · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Humpback Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Dobie Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.4 mi
- Crawford Knob: 2.5 mi
- JJJ Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Rife Park: 6.9 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 7.3 mi
- Constitution Park: 7.4 mi
- North Park: 8.2 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 8.2 mi
- Flower Pots: 15.8 mi
- Watering Can: 15.8 mi
- Staunton: 16.0 mi
- Chodo IX: 16.0 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 18.8 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Mirador: 9.0 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 12.2 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 15.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 15.6 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 5.3 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 7.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 12.5 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.0 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 2.3 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 4.4 mi
- Coiner Spring: 6.6 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 9.7 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 15.8 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 17.0 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 20.3 mi
- Student Garden: 21.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 10.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 12.5 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 14.8 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 19.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 12.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.5 mi
- Apple Cannon: 14.5 mi
- Endless View Farms: 14.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 2.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 9.3 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 11.5 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 21.4 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 22.3 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 15.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 20.2 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 20.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 9.3 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 21.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 4.2 mi
- Canada: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Humpback Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Ridges | SSW 213° | 1,210 m | 8.4 mi |
| Devils Knob | SW 224° | 1,172 m | 4.3 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | SW 224° | 1,172 m | 4.3 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | S 173° | 1,099 m | 0.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,086 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,050 m | 4.2 mi |
| Flint Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,050 m | 8.3 mi |
| Kelley Mountain | W 259° | 1,001 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500216 — The Rocks, Augusta County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356587042
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 24 mi
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