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Stamping Ground Mountain

Stamping Ground Mountain, a peak in Virginia
Stamping Ground Mountain, a peak in VirginiaNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Stamping Ground Mountain, a peak in Virginia
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Stamping Ground Mountain rises to 842 m in Virginia. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,106 m to the east, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
842 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.65791, -79.71949

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 10
  • C&O Railway Heritage Center: 12.2 mi
  • Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 13.9 mi
  • Rockbridge Historical Society: 17.5 mi
  • Stonewall Jackson House: 17.5 mi
  • Alleghany Historical Society: 17.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Lace Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Apple Orchard Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 14.6 mi
  • Stony Run Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Blue Suck Falls: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 7
Springs: 7
  • Sulphur Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Marble Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Sand Springs: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Research and Demonstration Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 24.1 mi
  • Beale Garden: 24.2 mi
  • Victory Garden: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Stamping Ground Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainE 89°1,106 m1.4 mi
Gully MountainESE 108°1,064 m2.0 mi
North MountainNNE 20°1,059 m6.5 mi
Ad Cox KnobNNE 20°1,055 m6.0 mi
Orebank MountainESE 110°1,051 m2.3 mi
Grassy MountainENE 74°1,019 m2.4 mi
Pine MountainWNW 283°1,017 m12.1 mi
Camp MountainNE 48°1,004 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5820:0520:44
September equinox07:0718:4319:18
December solstice07:3116:2317:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576573777569584639
Precip in3.22.73.73.84.43.94.53.04.13.43.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buchanan, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356574958

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