Rich Hills
Rich Hills rises to 1,000 m in Virginia. Elleber Knob stands 1,401 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Morning Glories and Moonflowers, a attraction 1.1 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,000 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 8.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 17.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 21.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Seybert Hills: 1.5 mi
- Trimble Knob: 1.7 mi
- Barren Rock: 3.1 mi
- Little Doe Hill: 4.2 mi
- Ginseng Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Highland Park: 1.2 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 13.7 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 11.3 mi
- Locust Spring: 12.7 mi
- Hiner Spring: 13.5 mi
- Phillips Spring: 14.8 mi
- Bolar Spring: 15.0 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 11.9 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 12.0 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 14.3 mi
- Powerhouse: 19.0 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 1.1 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 3.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 3.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 4.5 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 5.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 12.6 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 13.1 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 1.2 mi
- Highland County Museum: 6.6 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 14.0 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 10.5 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 16.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 21.0 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 22.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 24.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 24.8 mi
- Byrd Point: 15.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 19.3 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 19.2 mi
- Gertrude: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Rich Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elleber Knob | W 272° | 1,401 m | 8.8 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | W 279° | 1,396 m | 8.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | NNE 19° | 1,371 m | 10.8 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | N 8° | 1,370 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | W 266° | 1,363 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,362 m | 7.4 mi |
| Barren Rock | E 87° | 1,335 m | 3.1 mi |
| Sounding Knob | SSW 199° | 1,334 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583788
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