Tinkling Spring
Tinkling Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 407 m. Devils Knob stands 1,172 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Gibson Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 407 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rockfish Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Afton Overlook · 8 mi
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gibson Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cave Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hickory Hill: 1.5 mi
- Round Hill: 3.2 mi
- Kiser Hill: 4.1 mi
- Augusta County Recreation Center: 2.5 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 4.2 mi
- Rife Park: 4.9 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Constitution Park: 5.4 mi
- Augusta County: 6.6 mi
- Statler Brothers: 6.6 mi
- Cannon: 7.5 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 10.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Coiner Spring: 3.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 10.5 mi
- Hickory Spring: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.7 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 4.6 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 5.1 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum: 6.5 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 6.6 mi
- Flower Pots: 6.4 mi
- Watering Can: 6.4 mi
- Chodo IX: 6.6 mi
- Staunton: 6.7 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 22.8 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 20.1 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.0 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 24.4 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 7.4 mi
- Apple Cannon: 8.6 mi
- Endless View Farms: 8.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 17.1 mi
- Fear Forest: 20.9 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 5.4 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 13.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 20.0 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 20.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 12.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 13.3 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 18.0 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 18.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 17.6 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 18.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 11.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 11.5 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 19.5 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 12.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Tinkling Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Knob | S 173° | 1,172 m | 11.8 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | S 173° | 1,172 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | SW 216° | 1,112 m | 12.2 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,099 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,086 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mine Bank Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,063 m | 13.3 mi |
| Flint Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,050 m | 11.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | S 169° | 1,050 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 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, 6 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 | 176 | 203 | 255 | 231 | 173 | 117 | 65.1 | 73.1 | 107 | 115 | 140 | 153 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South River Near Waynesboro, VA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Spotted Lanternfly12 obs
- Northern Cardinal7 obs
- Eastern Newt7 obs
- Blue Jay6 obs
- European Starling6 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle6 obs
- American Toad6 obs
- Clemens' Grass Tubeworm Moth6 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/13396099630
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
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