Marble Spring
Marble Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 703 m. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Highcock Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 4 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highcock Knob: 0.5 mi
- Goff Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Terrapin Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Little Rocky Row: 4.2 mi
- Hamilton Knob: 4.5 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 3.2 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 4.1 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 4.2 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 7.9 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 14.9 mi
- Jellystone Park Natural Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Knick Field: 4.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 4.4 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- Terrapin Mtn Race Start/Finish: 5.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 14.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 15.1 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 15.2 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 17.0 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 4.4 mi
- Knight Statue: 12.6 mi
- Peristyle: 12.6 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 15.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 15.1 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 13.5 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 15.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 16.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.2 mi
- Victory Garden: 17.4 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 2.0 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 7.0 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 7.3 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 7.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 1.3 mi
- Hunting Spring: 1.4 mi
- Big Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 17.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 18.3 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 14.0 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 18.1 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 18.5 mi
- Lake Robertson: 18.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 6.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 7.8 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 10.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 12.4 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 21.7 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 23.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Marble Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Orchard Mountain | SW 227° | 1,287 m | 5.5 mi |
| Thunder Hill | SW 232° | 1,221 m | 4.6 mi |
| Onion Mountain | SW 219° | 1,157 m | 6.7 mi |
| Headforemost Mountain | SW 223° | 1,131 m | 8.6 mi |
| Floyd Mountain | SW 232° | 1,088 m | 8.1 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,062 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 39° | 1,015 m | 7.9 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | SW 233° | 942 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buchanan, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 4,496 | 5,417 | 5,858 | 6,309 | 5,563 | 3,010 | 1,598 | 1,276 | 1,668 | 1,801 | 2,470 | 4,176 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge James River AT Blue Ridge Pkwy NR Big Island, VA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Peaks of Otter Salamander48 obs
- wild geranium13 obs
- Seal Salamander12 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard11 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail11 obs
- bloodroot10 obs
- large white trillium10 obs
- sweetfern8 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/8659914216
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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