Hickory Spring
Hickory Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 906 m. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 906 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 1 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 1 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 1 mi
- Rock Point Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Knob: 0.8 mi
- Potatopatch Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Torry Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Black Rock Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 7.8 mi
- Rife Park: 10.2 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 10.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
- Constitution Park: 10.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 2.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.3 mi
- Coiner Spring: 9.1 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 11.3 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 4.5 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 10.8 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 10.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 11.3 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.8 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Mirador: 13.4 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 16.3 mi
- Augusta County: 16.6 mi
- Statler Brothers: 16.6 mi
- Flower Pots: 16.4 mi
- Watering Can: 16.4 mi
- Staunton: 16.7 mi
- Chodo IX: 16.7 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 23.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 9.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 15.5 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 16.9 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 17.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 8.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 11.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 14.1 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 17.5 mi
- Apple Cannon: 17.9 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 16.4 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.6 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 21.3 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 23.8 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 24.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 2.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 5.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 7.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 23.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 19.9 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 22.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 22.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 9.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 5.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Hickory Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SW 233° | 1,232 m | 10.7 mi |
| The Priest | SW 216° | 1,227 m | 8.9 mi |
| Three Ridges | SSW 192° | 1,210 m | 4.6 mi |
| Devils Knob | SE 131° | 1,172 m | 0.8 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | SE 131° | 1,172 m | 0.8 mi |
| Little Priest | SW 215° | 1,133 m | 10.2 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | W 279° | 1,112 m | 8.1 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,099 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 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 | 171 | 191 | 229 | 215 | 171 | 118 | 69.9 | 78.0 | 95.8 | 99.2 | 133 | 162 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rockfish River Near Greenfield, VA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Pipevine Swallowtail97 obs
- large white trillium66 obs
- American cancer-root66 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail51 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth50 obs
- bloodroot45 obs
- common selfheal42 obs
- Solomon's plume39 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/8641495880
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
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