The Stamp
The Stamp rises to 1,249 m in Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,249 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 6.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 11.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 14.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Buck Knob: 3.4 mi
- Bearcamp Knob: 3.5 mi
- Grassy Knob: 4.5 mi
- Snowy Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 6.4 mi
- Highland Park: 8.5 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Widney Park: 10.5 mi
- Locust Spring: 4.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 11.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.7 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hiner Spring: 19.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 8.5 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 13.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 17.4 mi
- Powerhouse: 18.2 mi
- Boiler House: 18.2 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 5.1 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 6.0 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 8.3 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 10.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 20.3 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 8.2 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 12.9 mi
- Highland County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 24.8 mi
- Sites Homestead: 24.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 17.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 17.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 18.4 mi
- High Falls: 18.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 21.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 17.5 mi
- Byrd Point: 23.0 mi
- Southern Pillar: 24.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 25.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 4.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 20.6 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.8 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 18.7 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 24.2 mi
- Gertrude: 13.3 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of The Stamp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NNE 21° | 1,482 m | 12.6 mi |
| Elleber Knob | SW 217° | 1,401 m | 9.5 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | SW 216° | 1,396 m | 8.2 mi |
| Kile Knob | NE 50° | 1,395 m | 9.4 mi |
| Panther Knob | ENE 70° | 1,371 m | 7.0 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,370 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 212° | 1,363 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 216° | 1,362 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487855 — The Stamp, Highland County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575192
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