Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground
Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground is a picnic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 666 m. Watering Pond Knob stands 1,396 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hulls Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Stonewall Ruritan Club
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 14.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 23.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 27.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hulls Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cedar Knob: 2.2 mi
- Little Doe Hill: 2.3 mi
- Maple Knob: 2.5 mi
- Sittlington Hill: 2.7 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 6.9 mi
- Hiner Spring: 8.6 mi
- Phillips Spring: 9.9 mi
- Rocky Spring: 13.4 mi
- Red Oak Spring: 13.8 mi
- Highland Park: 6.5 mi
- Deerfield Park: 12.3 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 15.9 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 18.0 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 6.2 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 6.2 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 20.1 mi
- Powerhouse: 23.7 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 4.1 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 6.6 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 8.8 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 8.8 mi
- Highland County Museum: 2.1 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 6.7 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 19.1 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 17.7 mi
- Byrd Point: 12.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 19.5 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.4 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 8.4 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 13.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.7 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watering Pond Knob | WNW 291° | 1,396 m | 13.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,370 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 283° | 1,363 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,362 m | 13.0 mi |
| Barren Rock | NNW 338° | 1,335 m | 4.0 mi |
| Sounding Knob | W 259° | 1,334 m | 6.3 mi |
| Freezland Flat | E 97° | 1,325 m | 7.8 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | E 80° | 1,320 m | 12.0 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 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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