Red Oak Spring
Red Oak Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,070 m. Elliott Knob stands 1,358 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Crawford Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1070 m
How to reach it
- 24.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 28.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 26 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crawford Knob: 0.7 mi
- Coalpit Knob: 1.2 mi
- Chestnut Oak Knob: 3.7 mi
- Door Knob: 5.3 mi
- Elliott Knob: 5.4 mi
- Deerfield Park: 7.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Park and Golf Course: 11.8 mi
- Montgomery Hall Park: 11.8 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 12.1 mi
- Reservoir Hill Park: 12.3 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 3.4 mi
- Castle Spring: 4.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.6 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 7.2 mi
- Rocky Spring: 8.1 mi
- Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum: 12.6 mi
- Augusta County Historical Society: 12.8 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 12.8 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum: 12.9 mi
- Highland County Museum: 13.4 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 7.6 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 7.7 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 8.2 mi
- Cannon: 11.9 mi
- Statler Brothers: 12.7 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 12.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.7 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 20.3 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 22.5 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 22.6 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 13.9 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 15.4 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 16.9 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 23.0 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 23.7 mi
- Staunton: 12.7 mi
- Chodo IX: 12.8 mi
- Watering Can: 13.0 mi
- Flower Pots: 13.0 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 6.5 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 13.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 13.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 6.8 mi
- Byrd Point: 16.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 17.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 17.6 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Red Oak Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Knob | SSW 201° | 1,358 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hogback | SSW 204° | 1,355 m | 5.8 mi |
| Reddish Knob | N 7° | 1,338 m | 15.6 mi |
| Freezland Flat | NNW 339° | 1,325 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | N 6° | 1,320 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | NNW 346° | 1,305 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | NNW 348° | 1,289 m | 9.7 mi |
| Big Bald Knob | N 352° | 1,260 m | 8.1 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 | 07:31 | 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, 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 | 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, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Common Box Turtle3 obs
- cliff stonecrop3 obs
- Eastern Newt2 obs
- pink lady's slipper2 obs
- Catawba Rhododendron2 obs
- American cancer-root2 obs
- Common Oak Moth2 obs
- Table Mountain pine2 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/4134311960
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