McIlhaney Hill
McIlhaney Hill rises to 500 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 500 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 4 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 7 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Murray Knob: 2.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Masons Knob: 2.9 mi
- Cahas Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 2.6 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 3.1 mi
- Otter Park: 3.2 mi
- Sunrise Park: 4.4 mi
- Bent Tree Dog Park: 4.8 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Rorer Hall: 7.6 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 7.7 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 7.8 mi
- Caboose: 3.8 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 7.7 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 7.7 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 7.8 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 7.9 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 6.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 7.1 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 7.6 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 7.7 mi
- The Solar Wind: 10.0 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 6.5 mi
- Explore Park: 8.9 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Roanoke Star: 6.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 7.7 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 7.7 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 8.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 6.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Beale Garden: 13.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 22.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 17.2 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Cracker Point: 21.7 mi
- Calico Rock: 21.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 11.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 11.6 mi
- White Falls: 24.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 23.0 mi
- Howrytown: 19.6 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of McIlhaney Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,141 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,083 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NW 315° | 998 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | W 261° | 975 m | 7.0 mi |
| McAfee Knob | N 349° | 974 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | W 261° | 972 m | 7.0 mi |
| Masons Knob | WNW 284° | 961 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | W 274° | 935 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356563266
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 8 mi
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