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Cold Spring

Cold Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 400 m. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sine Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 23 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88975, -78.70677

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 18
Springs: 14
  • Yellow Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Stranderman Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Sandstone Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Shenandoah Alum Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Trout Run Fault Spring: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Cootie Bug: 12.3 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 12.3 mi
  • Love: 19.8 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainNNE 33°1,006 m7.3 mi
Devils BenchmarkNNW 334°995 m3.1 mi
Sugar KnobNE 41°976 m7.9 mi
Long MountainN 358°951 m4.3 mi
Little Sluice MountainNE 48°951 m7.6 mi
Snyder KnobNW 307°936 m4.5 mi
Paddy MountainNE 44°910 m11.2 mi
Cove MountainW 268°898 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3116:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239515967716963524234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 6 mi away.

  • Spongy Moth6 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake5 obs
  • great mullein5 obs
  • colt's-foot4 obs
  • Smooth Rock Tripe4 obs
  • Dwarf Iris4 obs
  • sassafras3 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral3 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/8723184309

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