Hiner Spring
Hiner Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,203 m. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hardscrabble Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1203 m
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 21.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardscrabble Knob: 0.3 mi
- Tearjacket Knob: 0.3 mi
- Big Bald Knob: 1.5 mi
- Freezland Flat: 1.6 mi
- Gordons Peak: 2.1 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
- Deerfield Park: 13.2 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.2 mi
- Highland Park: 14.5 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 2.4 mi
- Red Oak Spring: 9.4 mi
- Phillips Spring: 12.1 mi
- Castle Spring: 12.2 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 12.4 mi
- Highland County Museum: 9.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 14.6 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 18.5 mi
- Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum: 20.0 mi
- Augusta County Historical Society: 20.3 mi
- Staunton: 20.3 mi
- Chodo IX: 20.3 mi
- Watering Can: 20.6 mi
- Flower Pots: 20.6 mi
- James Madison statue: 24.4 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 3.3 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 5.3 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 19.0 mi
- Cannon: 19.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 9.4 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 14.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.6 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 16.2 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.4 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 20.3 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 20.5 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.5 mi
- Heishman Garden: 24.6 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 24.8 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 8.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 23.0 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 15.2 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 19.4 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 20.6 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 21.5 mi
- Trinity Point: 14.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 16.9 mi
- Byrd Point: 18.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 21.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Hiner Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | NNE 33° | 1,338 m | 7.5 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | NE 37° | 1,336 m | 12.0 mi |
| Barren Rock | WNW 288° | 1,335 m | 10.6 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | NE 37° | 1,332 m | 11.9 mi |
| Freezland Flat | SSW 211° | 1,325 m | 1.6 mi |
| Bother Knob | NNE 31° | 1,323 m | 11.0 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | ENE 64° | 1,320 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | SSW 209° | 1,305 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:19 | 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, 18 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 | 33.1 | 36.4 | 53.1 | 47.5 | 38.5 | 24.8 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 25.4 | 29.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North River Near Stokesville, VA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- fly poison5 obs
- American chestnut4 obs
- Brook Trout3 obs
- mountain andromeda3 obs
- painted trillium3 obs
- Common Garter Snake2 obs
- Smooth Rock Tripe2 obs
- hemlock varnish shelf2 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/4034938760
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