Mountain House Day Use Area
Mountain House Day Use Area is a picnic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 685 m. Elliott Knob stands 1,358 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 21.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Peak: 1.2 mi
- Signal Corps Knob: 1.8 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.8 mi
- Freezland Flat: 3.4 mi
- Tims Knob: 3.8 mi
- Deerfield Park: 8.2 mi
- Highland Park: 13.8 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 15.4 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 17.0 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 17.0 mi
- Hiner Spring: 5.1 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 6.0 mi
- Red Oak Spring: 6.5 mi
- Phillips Spring: 7.1 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 8.7 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 1.2 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 1.2 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Cannon: 18.2 mi
- Statler Brothers: 19.1 mi
- Highland County Museum: 7.3 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 14.0 mi
- Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum: 18.9 mi
- Augusta County Historical Society: 19.2 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 19.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 10.2 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 13.9 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 16.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 16.1 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 18.3 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 11.2 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 14.7 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 20.3 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 24.4 mi
- Staunton: 19.1 mi
- Chodo IX: 19.2 mi
- Watering Can: 19.4 mi
- Flower Pots: 19.4 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 7.3 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 24.5 mi
- Trinity Point: 13.1 mi
- Byrd Point: 13.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 21.5 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 16.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 19.2 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 19.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 22.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 22.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Mountain House Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Knob | SSE 165° | 1,358 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hogback | SSE 168° | 1,355 m | 10.3 mi |
| Reddish Knob | NNE 31° | 1,338 m | 12.6 mi |
| Barren Rock | NW 315° | 1,335 m | 10.8 mi |
| Sounding Knob | WNW 283° | 1,334 m | 12.6 mi |
| Freezland Flat | NNE 27° | 1,325 m | 3.4 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | NE 43° | 1,320 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | NNE 28° | 1,305 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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