Rock Hill
Rock Hill rises to 98 m in Virginia. Wildcat Mountain stands 417 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Chair Meeting Point, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 98 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 14.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 16.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Great Falls Overlook 3 · 14 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 2 · 14 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 14 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Road District Park: 0.8 mi
- Stone Crossing Park: 2.2 mi
- Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest: 7.6 mi
- Glade Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Blooms Park: 7.9 mi
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: 2.8 mi
- National Firearms Museum: 7.7 mi
- Herndon Depot Museum: 7.9 mi
- Antique Railroad Cars: 9.0 mi
- Manassas Museum: 9.1 mi
- Buck Hill: 4.7 mi
- Matthews Hill: 4.8 mi
- Henry Hill: 5.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.7 mi
- Chinn Ridge: 5.7 mi
- Yellow Chair Meeting Point: 0.7 mi
- Farm Chores: 0.8 mi
- Castle Slide: 0.8 mi
- Rope Swing: 0.8 mi
- Miners Slide: 0.8 mi
- Highland Hills Park: 1.5 mi
- Preserve: 1.5 mi
- James McDonnell Recreation Center: 2.1 mi
- Eastgate Park: 2.4 mi
- Second London Towne West Park: 2.7 mi
- Colonel John Singleton Mosby: 2.4 mi
- Robinson House: 4.8 mi
- BG Francis Bartow Memorial: 5.1 mi
- First Manassas Monument: 5.1 mi
- Colonel Cameron Killed Here - 79th New York: 5.1 mi
- Maze: 4.5 mi
- Girl with Dog: 4.9 mi
- Wildcat: 5.2 mi
- Horse head: 6.1 mi
- Filly: 6.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 2.9 mi
- Designated Wildflower Zone: 3.0 mi
- Pollinator Meadow: 6.8 mi
- The Farm at Halley Rise: 7.9 mi
- CBA Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 3.1 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 7.1 mi
- Pony Barn: 7.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 17.8 mi
- West Beach: 19.7 mi
- Beaver Landing: 19.7 mi
- White Rock Spring: 12.0 mi
- Harmony Spring: 13.8 mi
- Peace Spring: 13.9 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 14.0 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 7.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 12.1 mi
- Great Falls: 14.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 15.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 5.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 5.1 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Rock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Mountain | WSW 253° | 417 m | 20.4 mi |
| Signal Mountain | W 271° | 413 m | 12.1 mi |
| Rappahannock Mountain | WSW 252° | 404 m | 20.8 mi |
| High Point Mountain | W 263° | 397 m | 12.8 mi |
| White Rock | W 271° | 387 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chestnut Peak | W 272° | 374 m | 11.1 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NNW 346° | 361 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pignut Mountain | WSW 251° | 326 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Dulles Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496162 — Rock Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583803
Day trips start here
- Centreville · 3 mi
- Chantilly · 3 mi
- Northern Virginia · 6 mi
- Herndon · 8 mi
- Fairfax · 9 mi
- Manassas · 9 mi
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