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Ridings Hill

Ridings Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Ridings Hill rises to 287 m in Virginia. Paddy Mountain stands 910 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Vaucluse Spring, a spring 2.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49068518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
287 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.09511, -78.26361

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Newtown Commons: 2.7 mi
  • Sherando Park: 4.6 mi
  • Rose Hill Park: 4.6 mi
  • Kernstown Battlefield Park: 4.9 mi
  • Rolling Hills Green Space: 5.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 23
  • Stephens Fort: 3.5 mi
  • Sherando Arrow: 4.1 mi
  • Virginia Tech Massacre Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 4.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
Museums: 18
Attractions: 18
  • Skyline Caverns: 13.8 mi
  • Farnham Colossi: 22.4 mi
  • Cider Stage: 23.5 mi
  • Gem Mining Sluice: 23.5 mi
  • Jumping Pillow #1: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Warrior Statue: 4.1 mi
  • A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 6.9 mi
  • The Peacemakers: 7.4 mi
  • Bird In Flight: 7.4 mi
  • An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 7.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Vaucluse Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Town Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Roadside Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Rock Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Yellow Rose Spring: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Mountain Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Lands Run Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Pua Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Overall Run Falls: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Herb Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Paris Vegetable Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 19.6 mi
  • W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Beach 2: 14.9 mi
  • Beach 3: 15.1 mi
  • Beach 1: 15.3 mi
  • River Access: 20.6 mi
  • River Access: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Ridings Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paddy MountainWSW 249°910 m17.2 mi
PinnacleWNW 290°864 m9.7 mi
Johnnies KnobW 265°803 m12.1 mi
Eagle RockW 278°791 m10.5 mi
Dickey HillS 169°740 m16.9 mi
Spring MountainW 278°738 m11.3 mi
Meneka PeakSSW 201°730 m10.8 mi
High KnobSSE 150°728 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4820:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2916:1216:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441526270757366544435
Precip in2.52.23.43.23.94.03.83.74.43.12.92.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester 7 SE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583798

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