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Little Rocky Mountain

Little Rocky Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Rocky Mountain rises to 1,034 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the west, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045448, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1034 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.74072, -79.19005

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Otto Cline Powell monument: 10.2 mi
  • Colonel Claudius Crozet: 13.7 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 13.8 mi
  • VMI World War II Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • VMI World War II Memorial: 13.8 mi
Parks: 57
Artworks: 20
Museums: 20
  • Monacan Ancestral Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Saint Paul's Mission School: 12.1 mi
  • Amherst County Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Virginia Military Institute Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Train Station and Caboose: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 15
Gardens: 14
Springs: 13
  • Cow Camp Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Hog Camp Gap Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Lovingston Springs: 4.4 mi
  • Rock Spring: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Panther Falls: 5.9 mi
  • White Rock Falls: 13.4 mi
  • St. Mary's Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Lace Falls: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 11.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Little Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobW 269°1,232 m1.8 mi
Maintop MountainNNE 31°1,232 m7.3 mi
Pompey PeakNE 55°1,229 m1.6 mi
Elk Pond MountainNNE 16°1,226 m5.2 mi
Mount PleasantE 89°1,223 m1.0 mi
Cole MountainNW 311°1,197 m1.1 mi
Little PriestENE 57°1,133 m7.7 mi
Spy RockNNE 32°1,128 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5620:0320:43
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2916:2117:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239505868726963524134

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356572970

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