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Rock Lick Spring

Rock Lick Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rock Lick Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 755 m. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 19 miles off.

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Coordinates38.39254, -79.35378
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Highland Park: 12.3 mi
  • Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.5 mi
  • Deerfield Park: 14.0 mi
Springs: 17
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 6
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 7.0 mi
  • Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 12.4 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 13.3 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.0 mi
  • Treasure Mountain: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Artworks: 4
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 22.7 mi
  • Greenhouse Area: 22.8 mi
  • Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 23.7 mi
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Rock Lick Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reddish KnobNE 51°1,338 m7.8 mi
Barren RockWNW 282°1,335 m8.3 mi
Slate Springs MountainNE 48°1,332 m12.1 mi
Freezland FlatSSE 159°1,325 m3.1 mi
Bother KnobNE 44°1,323 m11.1 mi
Little Bald KnobE 89°1,320 m5.2 mi
Hardscrabble KnobSE 134°1,305 m2.5 mi
Tearjacket KnobESE 119°1,289 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5520:0620:45
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3216:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139495765686761504032
Precip in3.63.34.34.34.94.34.13.84.02.93.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 17 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs33.136.453.147.538.524.87.78.913.813.125.429.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North River Near Stokesville, VA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Garter Snake1 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake1 obs
  • pink lady's slipper1 obs
  • hop trefoil1 obs
  • American cancer-root1 obs
  • Milkweed Tussock Moth1 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth1 obs
  • intermediate wood fern1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7605634133

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