- Elevation, modelled
- 862 m
- Tallest summit within 10.5 miles
- Three Ridges1,210 m · 6.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue Ridge Parkwayon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:42local time
- Coordinates
- 37.9389, -78.9323
Laurel Springs Gap is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled 862 m. Three Ridges stands 1,210 m to the south-southwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Dripping Rock, a peak 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Laurel Springs Gap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Ridges | SSW 207° | 1,210 m | 6.2 mi |
| Devils Knob | SW 219° | 1,172 m | 2.0 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | SW 218° | 1,172 m | 2.0 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | W 272° | 1,112 m | 9.8 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,099 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WSW 258° | 1,086 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mine Bank Mountain | W 261° | 1,063 m | 9.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,051 m | 9.9 mi |
- On the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 7.5 mi off the Skyline DriveNational
- 25.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground BywayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Catoctin Overlook · 1 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 1 mi
- Cedar Cliffs · 1 mi
- Rock Point Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Rock: 0.2 mi
- Humpback Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Devils Knob: 2.0 mi
- Potatopatch Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Crawford Knob: 2.1 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 7.9 mi
- Rife Park: 8.6 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 8.9 mi
- Constitution Park: 9.3 mi
- North Park: 10.1 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Mirador: 11.3 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 14.4 mi
- Augusta County: 16.4 mi
- Statler Brothers: 16.4 mi
- Flower Pots: 16.2 mi
- Watering Can: 16.2 mi
- Staunton: 16.4 mi
- Chodo IX: 16.5 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 20.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 0.3 mi
- Hickory Spring: 2.1 mi
- Coiner Spring: 7.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.9 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 10.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 4.1 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 9.3 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 9.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 11.4 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 9.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 14.9 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 15.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 19.5 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 16.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 19.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 22.3 mi
- Student Garden: 23.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 0.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 7.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 9.5 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 23.6 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 24.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 10.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 11.5 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 16.2 mi
- Apple Cannon: 16.4 mi
- Endless View Farms: 16.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 17.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 21.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 21.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 9.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 23.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 22.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 4.1 mi
- Canada: 24.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 10 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, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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