McClure Peak
McClure Peak rises to 828 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Whites Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49048649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 828 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White's Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 2 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whites Peak: 0.7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Silver Peak: 2.0 mi
- Coates Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Charlie Taylor Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Park: 2.8 mi
- Penny Park: 3.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 3.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 4.7 mi
- Jordan's Point: 7.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.2 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 7.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 5.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 6.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.0 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 16.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 14.8 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 15.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 6.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 19.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 2.8 mi
- Peristyle: 2.8 mi
- George Washington: 7.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.9 mi
- Lace Falls: 16.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.8 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.0 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 22.6 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 23.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 24.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of McClure Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ESE 108° | 1,232 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pompey Peak | E 94° | 1,229 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 101° | 1,223 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | E 98° | 1,197 m | 5.6 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | E 99° | 1,061 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,034 m | 6.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,025 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,015 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| 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: 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356573190
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 26 mi
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