Mars Hill
Mars Hill rises to 307 m in Virginia. Weaver Knob stands 784 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Mountain Lake Community Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49048036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 307 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 19 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 21 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 22 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Mountain Lake Community Park: 1.7 mi
- Scruggs Boat Launch: 4.9 mi
- Penhook State Boat Ramp: 5.5 mi
- Moneta Park: 7.6 mi
- Pittsylvania Wayside Park: 14.6 mi
- Stone Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bettys Hill: 4.5 mi
- Smith Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Greer Knob: 6.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.0 mi
- Bethany Church: 11.2 mi
- Roark Mill: 14.9 mi
- Jeremiah’s Corner: 15.4 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 15.8 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 16.1 mi
- Yates Tavern: 16.0 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 17.5 mi
- Avoca Museum: 17.7 mi
- Caboose: 20.0 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 20.3 mi
- Saponi Garden: 14.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 16.3 mi
- Victory Garden: 17.1 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 17.7 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 21.0 mi
- LOVE: 16.3 mi
- Rhinoceros: 17.8 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 23.5 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 23.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 24.3 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 14.3 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 17.1 mi
- Roanoke Star: 22.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 23.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 23.5 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Explore Park: 17.7 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.1 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 20.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 23.9 mi
- Big Spring: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Mars Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaver Knob | NW 319° | 784 m | 19.9 mi |
| Greens Knob | NW 325° | 769 m | 19.8 mi |
| Porter Mountain | NNW 336° | 744 m | 19.9 mi |
| Wiggington Knob | NNW 336° | 744 m | 19.9 mi |
| Murray Knob | W 280° | 695 m | 20.5 mi |
| Panther Knob | WNW 295° | 621 m | 16.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSE 167° | 590 m | 5.1 mi |
| Thaxton Mountain | N 351° | 586 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499706 — Mars Hill, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586830
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 23 mi
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