Peak · Virginia
Spy Rock
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Spy Rock rises to 1,128 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the north, 0.3 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49076992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,128 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.82643, -79.12097
- 2.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.0 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 3 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 6 mi
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Maintop Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Elk Pond Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Brush Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Painter Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Little Priest: 3.1 mi
Parks: 44
- Tye River Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Park: 13.7 mi
- Penny Park: 14.2 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 29
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 16.9 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 17.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 17.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 17.4 mi
Museums: 19
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 12.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 14.4 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 17.0 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 17.4 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 17.5 mi
Springs: 13
- Rock Spring: 1.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 3.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 5.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 6.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 11
- Knight Statue: 13.9 mi
- Peristyle: 13.9 mi
- George Washington: 17.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 17.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 12.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.9 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 5
- Crabtree Falls: 2.8 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 14.4 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 18.0 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- White Rock Falls: 6.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 7.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 12.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 3
- Greenhouse Area: 21.1 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 22.3 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 2
- Lake Monocan Beach: 14.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Spy Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | N 351° | 1,232 m | 0.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 223° | 1,232 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pompey Peak | SSW 206° | 1,229 m | 5.6 mi |
| The Priest | E 98° | 1,227 m | 3.2 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,226 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SSW 205° | 1,223 m | 6.5 mi |
| Three Ridges | ENE 74° | 1,210 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cole Mountain | SW 221° | 1,197 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496248 — Spy Rock, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583864
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- Lynchburg · 29 mi
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