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Cold Spring

Cold Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 721 m. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cellar Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
721 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.95275, -79.11323

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 45
Historic sites: 31
Springs: 18
  • Hickory Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Rock Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Dripping Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Laurel Springs Gap: 9.9 mi
  • Lovingston Springs: 10.8 mi
Museums: 14
Artworks: 10
Attractions: 7
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • St. Mary's Falls: 1.6 mi
  • White Rock Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Panther Falls: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 22.3 mi
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Greenhouse Area: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Nelson County Wayside: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maintop MountainS 183°1,232 m8.4 mi
The PriestSSE 163°1,227 m9.6 mi
Elk Pond MountainSSW 196°1,226 m10.1 mi
Three RidgesSE 133°1,210 m9.6 mi
Devils KnobESE 106°1,172 m9.0 mi
Potatopatch MountainESE 106°1,172 m9.0 mi
Little PriestSSE 168°1,133 m10.6 mi
Spy RockS 183°1,128 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5520:0420:43
September equinox07:0518:4019:15
December solstice07:2916:2017:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239505868726963524134

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American chestnut14 obs
  • mountain laurel13 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain13 obs
  • Fringed Bleeding Heart13 obs
  • Eastern Newt12 obs
  • Big Levels Salamander11 obs
  • fringed polygala11 obs
  • Common Watersnake9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8702611293

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