Sanford Hill
Sanford Hill rises to 539 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pisgah, a peak 0.7 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 539 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 14 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pisgah: 0.7 mi
- Reidland: 1.3 mi
- Piny Knob: 1.5 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Saville Hill: 1.9 mi
- Longdale Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
- Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden: 10.5 mi
- Jellystone Park Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Woods Creek Park: 11.2 mi
- Morgan Park: 11.3 mi
- Eagle Rock Lime Kilns: 10.3 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 10.7 mi
- Callie Furnace: 11.2 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 11.3 mi
- Liberty Hall Ruins: 11.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hunting Spring: 14.0 mi
- Marble Spring: 14.5 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 15.0 mi
- Sand Springs: 17.4 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.9 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 12.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.3 mi
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: 12.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 6.8 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 14.5 mi
- Stony Run Falls: 16.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 16.4 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 16.8 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 11.5 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 12.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 12.3 mi
- George Washington: 12.3 mi
- Lake Robertson: 6.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.8 mi
- Craig Creek Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 23.0 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 7.3 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 7.3 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 7.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 11.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 19.2 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 20.1 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 23.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.5 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 22.7 mi
- Howrytown: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Sanford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,111 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 222° | 1,106 m | 4.8 mi |
| Gully Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,064 m | 5.0 mi |
| North Mountain | NW 317° | 1,059 m | 3.4 mi |
| Ad Cox Knob | NW 310° | 1,055 m | 3.3 mi |
| Orebank Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,051 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little House Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,032 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SW 217° | 1,019 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
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 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586969
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