Rich Hill
Rich Hill rises to 694 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Guinea Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Giles County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49068405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 694 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 31.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.5 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Guinea Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Buckeye Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cloyds Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Pearis Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Angels Rest: 6.1 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 3.1 mi
- Big Falls Park: 3.9 mi
- New river junction: 4.0 mi
- McCoy Park: 6.3 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Park: 7.7 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 10.5 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 13.7 mi
- The Pylons: 13.8 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 5.4 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 13.4 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 13.7 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 14.2 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 17.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 9.8 mi
- Modern Art: 10.5 mi
- Modern Art: 10.5 mi
- DAK Lights: 12.7 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 13.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 16.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Barneys Wall: 7.7 mi
- Barney's Wall: 7.7 mi
- High Point: 7.7 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Bear Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 13.7 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 13.8 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 13.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 15.6 mi
- Keffer Oak: 16.8 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 17.2 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 21.5 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 18.6 mi
- Junta: 19.3 mi
- Warford: 22.5 mi
- Cascades: 8.2 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 14.4 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 14.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Water Front: 20.0 mi
- Waterfront: 21.3 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Rich Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 53° | 1,327 m | 8.8 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,282 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NNE 21° | 1,256 m | 6.9 mi |
| Wind Rock | NE 39° | 1,246 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NNE 29° | 1,242 m | 16.0 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | W 274° | 1,239 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | W 260° | 1,238 m | 10.6 mi |
| Brushy Top | NNE 23° | 1,236 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:29 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574289
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