North Ridge
North Ridge rises to 1,237 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Ridge in Grayson County, Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q49694466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,237 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 13.3 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 22 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 23 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 24 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Knob: 1.4 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Fees Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Alley Knob: 3.2 mi
- Haw Orchard Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Ashe County Park: 12.3 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 13.0 mi
- Family Central: 13.6 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 13.7 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 9.1 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 9.7 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 10.7 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 12.2 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 13.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 16.3 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 16.4 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 22.4 mi
- Listening Rock: 3.2 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 3.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 12.6 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 13.1 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 24.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 8.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 9.3 mi
- Big Spring: 23.6 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 12.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 13.0 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.1 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 24.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 23.1 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 23.6 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 23.6 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Trials Playground: 18.9 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 22.4 mi
- Backbone Rock: 14.2 mi
- Alligator Back: 24.3 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 24.4 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 12.9 mi
- Wooly: 22.4 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 14.0 mi
- Elk Shoals: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of North Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | NNE 12° | 1,744 m | 4.2 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | NNE 33° | 1,689 m | 4.3 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | NW 317° | 1,684 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,684 m | 4.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | NW 308° | 1,553 m | 4.0 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | ENE 59° | 1,551 m | 3.6 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | NE 54° | 1,526 m | 3.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 305° | 1,513 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4953530381
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