Phillips Hill
Phillips Hill rises to 445 m in Virginia. Lairds Knob stands 1,000 m to the south, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham Lincoln's Father, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49060980, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 445 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 15 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Hill: 2.4 mi
- Roark Hill: 2.8 mi
- Third Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Morgan Knob: 3.1 mi
- Fourth Mountain: 3.7 mi
- New Market Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Ralph Sampson Park: 8.5 mi
- Parkwoods Community Park: 8.7 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 8.7 mi
- Alumni Park: 9.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln's Father: 2.0 mi
- Catherine Furnace: 5.5 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 6.3 mi
- JMU 9/11 Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Spirit Rock: 9.7 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 6.6 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 7.9 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 8.7 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 9.1 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 9.1 mi
- Cedar Falls: 13.8 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 14.3 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 14.8 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Pitt Spring: 4.6 mi
- Rockingham springs: 8.6 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 8.9 mi
- Elkton Spring: 11.1 mi
- Hiden Spring: 15.1 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 6.8 mi
- Flames: 9.0 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 9.0 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 9.0 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 15.1 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 15.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Fear Forest: 12.6 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 12.7 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 13.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 16.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 16.3 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 19.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Heishman Garden: 9.1 mi
- ISAT Patio: 9.7 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 10.0 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 13.1 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.5 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 21.5 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 22.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Phillips Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lairds Knob | S 179° | 1,000 m | 5.6 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | S 170° | 975 m | 4.1 mi |
| Morgan Knob | ESE 120° | 936 m | 3.1 mi |
| Third Mountain | ESE 120° | 932 m | 3.1 mi |
| Kaylor Knob | S 177° | 889 m | 6.1 mi |
| Massanutten Peak | SSW 192° | 882 m | 9.7 mi |
| Chapman Mountain | E 95° | 870 m | 13.3 mi |
| Devils Tanyard | E 98° | 864 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586884
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 15 mi
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