Blackrock Springs
Blackrock Springs is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 585 m. Big Flat Mountain stands 1,033 m to the east-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackrock, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 585 m
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Trayfoot Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Horsehead Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Horsehead Overlook · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackrock: 1.0 mi
- Trayfoot Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pinestand Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Horsehead Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Hall Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Grand Caverns Regional Park: 5.6 mi
- Crimora Park: 6.5 mi
- Town Park: 6.8 mi
- Port Republic Historic District: 6.9 mi
- Weyers Cave Community Center: 9.9 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 15.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 15.9 mi
- Mountain Man: 16.1 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 16.8 mi
- Moving Forward: 16.9 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 3.5 mi
- Port Republic Battle Monument: 6.5 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 6.8 mi
- Cross Keys Battle Monument: 10.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 10.9 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 5.8 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 12.2 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 12.3 mi
- Augusta Military Academy Museum: 12.4 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 15.7 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 12.9 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 16.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 16.7 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 16.8 mi
- Keunen Garden: 16.8 mi
- Rockingham springs: 13.7 mi
- Seawright Springs: 13.8 mi
- Coiner Spring: 14.5 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 15.0 mi
- Elkton Spring: 15.8 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Falls: 17.2 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 18.0 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 5.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 8.6 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 16.1 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 16.6 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 17.3 mi
- Endless View Farms: 6.6 mi
- Apple Cannon: 6.7 mi
- Fear Forest: 10.9 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 18.1 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 19.4 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 2.6 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 18.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 21.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 11.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 11.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 13.7 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 17.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 21.9 mi
- Trinity Point: 22.2 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Canada: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Blackrock Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,033 m | 5.2 mi |
| Trayfoot Mountain | N 2° | 1,025 m | 1.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,010 m | 2.5 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NE 53° | 1,006 m | 10.0 mi |
| Loft Mountain | NE 54° | 1,002 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | S 176° | 964 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | ENE 68° | 954 m | 5.0 mi |
| Blackrock | NE 37° | 944 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 303 | 343 | 388 | 380 | 291 | 207 | 128 | 139 | 204 | 218 | 241 | 269 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South River AT Harriston, VA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- mountain laurel72 obs
- American chestnut59 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain39 obs
- black cohosh39 obs
- Canadian lousewort26 obs
- wild geranium25 obs
- striped maple25 obs
- Golden Moonglow Lichen25 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8184362996
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 19 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 26 mi
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