Paxton Hill
Paxton Hill rises to 420 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-southeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Deckers Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 420 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White's Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 5 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deckers Hill: 2.0 mi
- Henry Hill: 3.1 mi
- Coates Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Whites Peak: 3.5 mi
- McClure Peak: 3.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Jordan's Point: 4.1 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 4.4 mi
- Penny Park: 4.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 4.4 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 4.4 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 4.5 mi
- Barracks The Virginia Military Institute: 4.5 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 8.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 8.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 9.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 10.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 11.7 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 4.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 4.7 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 4.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 20.0 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 5.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 9.6 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 14.4 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.4 mi
- Peristyle: 4.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 4.1 mi
- George Washington: 4.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 4.5 mi
- George C. Marshall: 4.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lace Falls: 15.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 10.1 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Lake Robertson: 13.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 22.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 12.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Paxton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ESE 120° | 1,232 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,197 m | 8.8 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,061 m | 9.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,025 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | S 177° | 1,015 m | 9.6 mi |
| Nettle Mountain | E 80° | 1,014 m | 9.4 mi |
| Wigwam Mountain | E 83° | 974 m | 9.5 mi |
| Adams Peak | ENE 61° | 904 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493403 — Paxton Hill, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582009
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 29 mi
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