Potato Hill
Potato Hill rises to 416 m in Virginia. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Locke Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063761, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 416 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 29.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 14 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Locke Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Miners Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Tobacco Row Mountain: 4.3 mi
- High Peak: 4.3 mi
- Gun Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Monacan Park: 2.3 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Peaks View Park: 6.9 mi
- Ed Page Entrance: 7.7 mi
- Ivy Creek Park: 8.1 mi
- Odd Tree: 6.9 mi
- Even Post: 7.0 mi
- Riverside Pool: 7.1 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 7.2 mi
- Bedford County: 8.7 mi
- Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College: 6.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 7.4 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 7.4 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Horse Hearse and Caretaker's Museum: 8.6 mi
- Olympic Runner: 8.8 mi
- Mayor: 8.9 mi
- Piano: 9.0 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 9.2 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 9.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 5.7 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 6.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 8.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 8.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 8.7 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 7.1 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 7.1 mi
- Point of Honor: 8.9 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 8.9 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 8.9 mi
- Marble Spring: 11.2 mi
- Hunting Spring: 12.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 15.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 16.7 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 8.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 9.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 15.5 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 18.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Panther Falls: 13.1 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 15.8 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 18.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.7 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 15.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrapin Mountain | W 270° | 1,062 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,015 m | 11.2 mi |
| Highcock Knob | WNW 286° | 931 m | 11.1 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | NW 315° | 910 m | 11.2 mi |
| Silas Knob | NW 324° | 904 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NE 44° | 876 m | 4.3 mi |
| High Peak | NE 44° | 876 m | 4.3 mi |
| Punchbowl Mountain | NNW 333° | 866 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1472701 — Potato Hill, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356564751
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 9 mi
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