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Coiner Spring

Coiner Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Coiner Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 402 m. Devils Knob stands 1,172 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridgeview Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
402 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.05315, -78.93129

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 30
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 16
Springs: 16
Gardens: 12
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Nelson County Wayside: 15.7 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 17.1 mi
  • North River Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Coiner Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils KnobS 188°1,172 m9.5 mi
Potatopatch MountainS 188°1,172 m9.5 mi
Cellar MountainSW 232°1,112 m12.5 mi
Humpback MountainSSE 166°1,099 m7.4 mi
Bald MountainSW 217°1,086 m11.8 mi
Black Rock MountainS 182°1,050 m10.0 mi
Flint MountainSW 218°1,050 m10.4 mi
Bare MountainSW 235°1,039 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5420:0320:43
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2916:1917:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270757366554537
Precip in3.22.84.13.93.64.53.73.75.53.44.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 4 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs17620325523117311765.173.1107115140153

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South River Near Waynesboro, VA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Spotted Lanternfly30 obs
  • Virginia bluebells19 obs
  • chicory18 obs
  • autumn olive18 obs
  • common jewelweed14 obs
  • mayapple13 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral13 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee13 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/13396102286

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