Poplar Hill
Poplar Hill rises to 379 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lexington City Pool, a park 1.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063355, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 379 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thorn Hill: 2.2 mi
- Round Hill: 2.7 mi
- Windfall Hill: 3.5 mi
- Brushy Hill: 4.1 mi
- Paxton Peak: 5.3 mi
- Lexington City Pool: 1.8 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 2.1 mi
- Revenhorst Park: 2.3 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 2.3 mi
- Hopkins Green: 2.4 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 2.5 mi
- Virginia Military Institute: 2.6 mi
- Cincinnatus Citizen-Soldier: 2.6 mi
- Alpha Tau Omega Monument: 2.6 mi
- Jackson-Hope Monument: 2.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 11.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 12.4 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 12.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 12.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 2.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 2.7 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 2.7 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 20.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 2.2 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 9.3 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 10.5 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 10.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 8.3 mi
- Lace Falls: 10.6 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 17.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 20.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 21.5 mi
- The Cannonball: 2.7 mi
- George Washington: 2.7 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 2.7 mi
- George C. Marshall: 2.7 mi
- Peristyle: 4.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Lake Robertson: 10.4 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 13.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 23.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 24.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Poplar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | NW 307° | 1,111 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little House Mountain | NW 309° | 1,032 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SE 144° | 1,015 m | 7.8 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSE 165° | 910 m | 8.4 mi |
| Silas Knob | SSE 152° | 904 m | 8.0 mi |
| Whites Peak | E 79° | 881 m | 7.2 mi |
| Highco Mountain | ESE 121° | 868 m | 7.2 mi |
| Punchbowl Mountain | SE 139° | 866 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583769
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 28 mi
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