Lunsford Hill
Lunsford Hill rises to 623 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lusk Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49047202, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 623 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Boston Knob Overlook · 9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 10 mi
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lusk Hill: 1.9 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 3.0 mi
- Miller Hill: 3.1 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.1 mi
- Big Hill: 3.2 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 2.6 mi
- Maury Monument: 10.0 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 12.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 12.1 mi
- Jordan's Point: 13.0 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 10.1 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 13.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 13.3 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 13.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cockran Spring: 9.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 10.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 12.7 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 13.4 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 13.6 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 13.9 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 18.3 mi
- George Washington: 13.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 13.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 13.4 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 13.5 mi
- Peristyle: 14.1 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 18.3 mi
- Lake Robertson: 20.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 10.0 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 12.0 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 14.2 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 18.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 24.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 9.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 15.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 18.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.4 mi
- Byrd Point: 24.3 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 10.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 10.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 22.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Lunsford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SE 131° | 1,232 m | 10.9 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SE 145° | 1,226 m | 10.3 mi |
| Spy Rock | SE 132° | 1,128 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | E 86° | 1,112 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mine Bank Mountain | E 97° | 1,063 m | 9.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,051 m | 9.3 mi |
| Brush Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,049 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bare Mountain | E 80° | 1,039 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1469937 — Lunsford Hill, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356563113
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