Cold Spring
Cold Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 768 m. Elliott Knob stands 1,358 m to the east-southeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Haycock Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 768 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 27.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 24 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haycock Knob: 0.7 mi
- Hogback: 1.3 mi
- Elliott Knob: 1.5 mi
- Archer Knob: 4.1 mi
- Bettys Hill: 5.2 mi
- Deerfield Park: 3.9 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Montgomery Hall Park: 13.4 mi
- Gypsy Hill Park and Golf Course: 13.8 mi
- Booker Taliaferro Washington Community Center: 14.2 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 1.9 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Spring: 3.6 mi
- Red Oak Spring: 5.6 mi
- Phillips Spring: 6.3 mi
- Highland County Museum: 13.9 mi
- Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum: 14.5 mi
- Augusta County Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 14.7 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum: 14.8 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 9.8 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 9.9 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 11.4 mi
- Cannon: 13.9 mi
- Statler Brothers: 14.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 14.1 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 18.8 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 21.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 23.4 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 23.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 9.9 mi
- Byrd Point: 12.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 24.6 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 13.0 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 13.4 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 15.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Staunton: 14.6 mi
- Chodo IX: 14.8 mi
- Flower Pots: 14.9 mi
- Watering Can: 14.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 7.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 14.7 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 14.8 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 15.1 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 21.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 21.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 21.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 24.3 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Knob | ESE 110° | 1,358 m | 1.5 mi |
| Hogback | SE 131° | 1,355 m | 1.3 mi |
| Freezland Flat | N 2° | 1,325 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | N 5° | 1,305 m | 13.4 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | N 5° | 1,289 m | 14.0 mi |
| Big Bald Knob | N 10° | 1,260 m | 12.8 mi |
| Signal Corps Knob | NNW 342° | 1,187 m | 8.4 mi |
| Brushy Ridge | NNW 328° | 1,185 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staunton WTP, 14 mi away.
- Eastern Newt9 obs
- Fringed Bleeding Heart7 obs
- painted trillium6 obs
- Turkey beard5 obs
- fireweed5 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander4 obs
- American mountain ash4 obs
- Norway spruce4 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/13366255977
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