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Roundhead Mountain

Roundhead Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Roundhead Mountain rises to 657 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the east, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pinnacle, a peak 1.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 4.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49070163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
657 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.55490, -78.50766

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
  • Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 7.4 mi
  • Carillon Park: 7.7 mi
  • Ruffner Plaza: 8.0 mi
  • Eugene Park: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Park: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 25
Museums: 23
  • Dukes of Hazard Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Toy Town Junction: 7.7 mi
  • Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Luray Valley Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Luray Train Station Musuem: 7.9 mi
Springs: 13
Artworks: 13
  • Love: 7.7 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 13.9 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 14.0 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 16.3 mi
  • CON_Sequential Complex: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 8.2 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 3
  • PATC Entry Run Tract: 11.8 mi
  • Water Street Nature Reserve: 21.9 mi
  • Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Roundhead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HawksbillE 90°1,232 m6.1 mi
Stony ManENE 68°1,220 m7.9 mi
Fork MountainSE 137°1,172 m7.2 mi
HazeltopSSE 150°1,149 m6.1 mi
BushytopENE 69°1,142 m7.0 mi
NakedtopE 88°1,138 m5.4 mi
Spitler HillE 99°1,138 m6.4 mi
Betty's RockE 83°1,131 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0320:42
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2916:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035475562676561504032

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586954

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