Target Hill
Target Hill rises to 733 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowry Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49081434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 733 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 5 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lowry Peak: 1.1 mi
- Pinnacle: 1.2 mi
- LIttle Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Punchbowl Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 3.5 mi
- Penny Park: 3.7 mi
- Laurel Park: 3.8 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 5.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 5.4 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 2.1 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 5.1 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 7.8 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 8.2 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 8.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 4.2 mi
- Peristyle: 4.2 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 5.4 mi
- George Washington: 8.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 8.2 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 8.0 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 8.2 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 8.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 18.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 20.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 20.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 21.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 21.8 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.9 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 8.9 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 9.2 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 10.2 mi
- Marble Spring: 8.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 9.0 mi
- Hunting Spring: 9.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 9.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 10.9 mi
- Lake Robertson: 15.5 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.5 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.8 mi
- Lace Falls: 10.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 14.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 18.3 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Target Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 64° | 1,232 m | 9.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,025 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SE 138° | 1,015 m | 2.1 mi |
| Highcock Knob | SSW 205° | 931 m | 9.0 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSW 197° | 910 m | 3.5 mi |
| Silas Knob | SSE 166° | 904 m | 2.3 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | ENE 72° | 888 m | 8.6 mi |
| Whites Peak | NNE 32° | 881 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493689 — Target Hill, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582141
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 22 mi
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