Round Head
Round Head rises to 259 m in Virginia. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Yager Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069563, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 259 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Point Overlook · 10 mi
- The Oaks Overlook · 10 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 10 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yager Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Baldtop: 1.8 mi
- Gallihugh Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tippets Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Berry Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 2.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 2.9 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 2.9 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 3.1 mi
- Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex: 3.2 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 9.8 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- South River Falls: 10.6 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 11.1 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Five Tents: 9.5 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 9.6 mi
- CCC Camp: 11.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Montpelier: 13.8 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 14.4 mi
- James Madison Museum: 14.4 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 10.0 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 16.4 mi
- Lewis Spring: 11.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 12.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 15.0 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 20.8 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 21.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 21.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 21.4 mi
- The Garden Maze: 21.4 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 11.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 23.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 8.6 mi
- Lake Orange: 19.1 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 22.1 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 22.8 mi
- LOVE: 17.0 mi
- Lions Glasses: 17.0 mi
- Love: 21.3 mi
- Speech Stump: 24.6 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 13.9 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Round Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | NW 317° | 1,172 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hazeltop | NW 308° | 1,149 m | 10.1 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NNW 336° | 1,138 m | 11.5 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NW 326° | 1,097 m | 10.6 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,087 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,083 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bush Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,076 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,066 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496172 — Round Head, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583811
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 11 mi
- Charlottesville · 26 mi
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