Jump Rock
Jump Rock rises to 959 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Jump Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49040352, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 959 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Boston Knob Overlook · 14 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 15 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jump Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Viewing Rock: 0.9 mi
- Round Knob: 1.4 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Maury Monument: 2.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 9.6 mi
- Jordan's Point: 10.7 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 2.2 mi
- Liberty Hall Ruins: 10.9 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 10.9 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 10.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 11.3 mi
- Cockran Spring: 12.6 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 14.4 mi
- Rocky Spring: 15.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.2 mi
- George C. Marshall: 10.9 mi
- George Washington: 10.9 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.9 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 11.0 mi
- Peristyle: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 10.9 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.0 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.4 mi
- Bath County Historical Society: 21.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 11.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 16.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 19.6 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 21.9 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Lake Robertson: 14.3 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 18.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 19.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 18.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.1 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 22.1 mi
- Lace Falls: 22.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.3 mi
- Byrd Point: 19.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 22.4 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 8.4 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.4 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 25.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 2.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 7.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Jump Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | SW 224° | 1,111 m | 11.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,088 m | 13.2 mi |
| Big Butt | SW 226° | 1,053 m | 4.7 mi |
| Archer Knob | N 11° | 1,039 m | 12.3 mi |
| Little House Mountain | SW 220° | 1,032 m | 10.9 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,003 m | 6.1 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,002 m | 8.2 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge | NW 323° | 998 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1484516 — Jump Rock, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356572692
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