Big Levels

Big Levels: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Big Levels

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Big Levels — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.94682, -79.06498. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Levels

• Saint Mary's Wilderness · sanctuary · Augusta · ~5 km · Must-see
• Mount Joy Pond Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Preston · ~10 km · Must-see
• Crabtree Falls · waterfall · Pendleton · ~13 km · Must-see
• Three Ridges Wilderness · sanctuary · Nelson · ~14 km · Must-see
• Maintop Mountain · viewpoint · Pendleton · ~17 km · Must-see
• Priest Wilderness · sanctuary · Nelson · ~17 km · Must-see
• Humpback Rocks · viewpoint · Augusta · ~18 km · Must-see
• Tinkling Spring Church · church · Augusta · ~21 km · Must-see
• Elk Pond Mountain · viewpoint · Pendleton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Folly Mills Creek Fen Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Preston · ~23 km · Must-see
• Rocky Mountain · viewpoint · Pocahontas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Staunton National Cemetery · sanctuary · Staunton · ~27 km · Must-see
• Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library · sanctuary · Preston · ~28 km · Must-see
• Gypsy Hill Park · park · Preston · ~30 km · Must-see
• Emmanuel Episcopal Church · church · Albemarle · ~35 km · Must-see
• Mirador · viewpoint · Albemarle · ~36 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Augusta · ~41 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Preston · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Levels

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Big Levels

• Maintop Mountain · viewpoint · Pendleton · ~17 km · Must-see
• Humpback Rocks · viewpoint · Augusta · ~18 km · Must-see
• Elk Pond Mountain · viewpoint · Pendleton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Rocky Mountain · viewpoint · Pocahontas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mirador · viewpoint · Albemarle · ~36 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Augusta · ~41 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Preston · ~41 km · Must-see
• Sugar Hollow · viewpoint · Charles · ~47 km · Must-see
• House Mountain (Rockbridge County, Virginia) · viewpoint · Greenbrier · ~57 km · Must-see
• Shenandoah Mountain · viewpoint · Highland · ~59 km · Must-see

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