Little Rocky Row
Little Rocky Row rises to 735 m in Virginia. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Rocky Row, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 735 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 8 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Rocky Row: 1.0 mi
- Three Sisters Knobs: 1.5 mi
- Entoto Knob: 2.1 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Silas Knob: 2.8 mi
- Knick Field: 2.5 mi
- Centennial Park: 2.6 mi
- Jellystone Park Natural Bridge: 4.7 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 7.7 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 2.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 3.9 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 4.2 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 5.9 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 11.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.2 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 11.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.6 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 2.6 mi
- Knight Statue: 8.4 mi
- Peristyle: 8.4 mi
- George Washington: 11.5 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.5 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.8 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 17.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 17.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 18.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 19.6 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 4.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 7.2 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 7.5 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 7.7 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 7.9 mi
- Marble Spring: 4.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 4.8 mi
- Hunting Spring: 5.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 14.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.3 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.7 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 18.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 8.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 8.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 10.3 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 14.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 24.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Little Rocky Row. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Orchard Mountain | SW 218° | 1,287 m | 9.5 mi |
| Thunder Hill | SW 220° | 1,221 m | 8.6 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,062 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 53° | 1,015 m | 3.9 mi |
| Highcock Knob | SSW 205° | 931 m | 4.7 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | NE 50° | 910 m | 1.0 mi |
| Silas Knob | NE 54° | 904 m | 2.8 mi |
| Highco Mountain | NE 43° | 868 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1484972 — Little Rocky Row, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356572972
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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