Whites Peak
Whites Peak rises to 881 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McClure Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49089638, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 881 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White's Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McClure Peak: 0.7 mi
- Coates Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Charlie Taylor Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Silver Peak: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Park: 3.5 mi
- Penny Park: 3.8 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 4.3 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 5.1 mi
- Jordan's Point: 7.2 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.4 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.4 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 7.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.2 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 6.1 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.4 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.7 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 16.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.9 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.3 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 15.4 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 16.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 3.5 mi
- Peristyle: 3.5 mi
- George Washington: 7.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.5 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 6.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 15.3 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 19.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 16.8 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.7 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 20.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 23.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 24.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Whites Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ESE 117° | 1,232 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pompey Peak | E 99° | 1,229 m | 7.5 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,226 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 107° | 1,223 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,197 m | 5.5 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,061 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brush Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,049 m | 8.1 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,034 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 1488336 — Whites Peak, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575616
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 26 mi
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