Locust Springs
Locust Springs is a picnic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1,133 m. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Locust Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 6.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 10.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 12.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 0.8 mi
- Colaw Knob: 1.8 mi
- Elk Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 4.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 4.8 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Widney Park: 9.4 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 11.0 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 7.8 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 11.0 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 14.6 mi
- Powerhouse: 19.3 mi
- Boiler House: 19.3 mi
- Locust Spring: 0.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.7 mi
- Pat Spring: 20.2 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 20.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.2 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 10.1 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 12.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 14.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 18.4 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 12.3 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 14.3 mi
- Highland County Museum: 19.0 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 21.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 22.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 18.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 22.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 22.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.8 mi
- High Falls: 14.8 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 17.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 17.7 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 11.1 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 22.7 mi
- Gertrude: 9.7 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Locust Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NE 37° | 1,482 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pharis Knob | N 4° | 1,410 m | 10.8 mi |
| Elleber Knob | SSW 201° | 1,401 m | 12.2 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | SSW 198° | 1,396 m | 11.0 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 76° | 1,395 m | 9.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | E 101° | 1,371 m | 8.1 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,370 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 197° | 1,363 m | 12.8 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6154150949
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