Roark Hill
Roark Hill rises to 366 m in Virginia. Lairds Knob stands 1,000 m to the south, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 366 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 14 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 14 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 15 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Market Community Park: 5.6 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 6.0 mi
- Rebel Park: 6.4 mi
- Ralph Sampson Park: 11.1 mi
- Parkwoods Community Park: 11.2 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 1.2 mi
- Phillips Hill: 2.8 mi
- Big Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Third Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Morgan Knob: 4.1 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 5.7 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 7.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 11.3 mi
- JMU 9/11 Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 6.1 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 6.4 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 6.4 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 6.4 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 7.0 mi
- Pitt Spring: 2.5 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 10.0 mi
- Rockingham springs: 11.0 mi
- Hiden Spring: 12.3 mi
- Elkton Spring: 12.3 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 14.1 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Cedar Falls: 14.6 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 6.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 10.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 10.6 mi
- Flames: 11.5 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 11.5 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 10.1 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 10.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 13.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 14.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Markley Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.5 mi
- Pavilian: 15.3 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 20.0 mi
- Heishman Garden: 11.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 12.4 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 12.7 mi
- Old grape garden: 23.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 24.2 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 15.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Roark Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lairds Knob | S 190° | 1,000 m | 8.1 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | S 187° | 975 m | 6.5 mi |
| Morgan Knob | SSE 162° | 936 m | 4.1 mi |
| Third Mountain | SSE 162° | 932 m | 4.1 mi |
| Kaylor Knob | S 188° | 889 m | 8.6 mi |
| Massanutten Peak | SSW 197° | 882 m | 12.4 mi |
| Chapman Mountain | ESE 107° | 870 m | 12.3 mi |
| Devils Tanyard | ESE 112° | 864 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499972 — Roark Hill, Rockingham County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586938
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 14 mi
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