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Pence Hill

Pence Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pence Hill rises to 338 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Davey Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
338 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85845, -78.63835

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 47
  • Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.3 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.4 mi
  • W.O. Riley Park: 6.8 mi
  • Mount Jackson Community Park: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 20
Springs: 19
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilian: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Blue Hole Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Cootie Bug: 10.1 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 10.1 mi
  • Love: 15.9 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 19.1 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Pence Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainN 3°1,006 m8.3 mi
Devils BenchmarkNW 315°995 m7.0 mi
Sugar KnobN 10°976 m8.3 mi
Long MountainNNW 329°951 m7.5 mi
Little Sluice MountainNNE 15°951 m7.6 mi
Snyder KnobNW 304°936 m8.7 mi
Cove MountainW 281°898 m10.3 mi
Tibbet KnobNW 317°894 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526170747265544335
Precip in2.41.82.93.14.04.34.13.43.72.62.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493412 — Pence Hill, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356582013

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