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Piney Hill

Piney Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Hill rises to 491 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Arrowhead Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
491 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.63837, -78.40108

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
  • Lake Arrowhead Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 2.9 mi
  • Ruffner Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • Eugene Park: 4.1 mi
  • Carillon Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 23
  • Old School House Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Luray Train Station Musuem: 3.6 mi
  • Luray Valley Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Toy Town Junction: 4.8 mi
  • Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 4.8 mi
Springs: 15
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 7.7 mi
  • Pavilian: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Love: 4.7 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 15.2 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 15.3 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.6 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Piney Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HawksbillS 177°1,232 m5.7 mi
Stony ManSSE 150°1,220 m3.2 mi
BushytopSSE 167°1,142 m3.3 mi
NakedtopS 183°1,138 m5.6 mi
Spitler HillS 175°1,138 m6.8 mi
Betty's RockSSE 168°1,131 m5.0 mi
BlackrockSSW 197°1,116 m8.0 mi
Little Stony ManSE 145°1,110 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5020:0220:42
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:2916:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333743546270747266554537
Precip in2.92.53.63.54.24.84.13.85.43.23.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356574065

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