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Radford Safety Rest Area North

Radford Safety Rest Area North from directly overhead

Radford Safety Rest Area North is a rest area in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 647 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Motor Mile Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Virginia Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.09783, -80.52393

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Motor Mile Park: 0.6 mi
  • Plum Creek Park: 2.4 mi
  • Haven Heights Park: 2.5 mi
  • Haven Heights Park: 2.5 mi
  • John Dobbins Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 7
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 6.7 mi
  • One Clear View: 17.1 mi
  • Keffer Oak: 19.3 mi
  • Dixie Caverns: 21.9 mi
  • Eastern Continental Divide: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Water Front: 7.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Iranto Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Well #25: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Radford Safety Rest Area North. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobN 358°1,327 m17.4 mi
Doe MountainN 352°1,211 m18.0 mi
Kelly KnobNNE 14°1,141 m18.4 mi
Johns Creek MountainN 358°1,121 m16.7 mi
Dead Pine MountainSW 217°1,048 m14.5 mi
Indian RidgeS 174°1,037 m17.6 mi
Bear KnobSSW 211°1,032 m15.0 mi
Macks MountainSSW 210°1,027 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0320:0720:46
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3316:2917:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542526068727165544436
Precip in3.22.83.73.54.74.14.13.43.72.92.83.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Christiansburg, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1509527896

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