Waltons Mountain Museum
Waltons Mountain Museum is a museum in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 156 m. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 156 m
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 19.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 16 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 16 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 16 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Butler Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Shiloh Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Green Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Ball Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Simpson Park: 6.1 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 9.8 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 10.2 mi
- Bruce Park: 11.2 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 17.3 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 18.2 mi
- Mountain Man: 18.4 mi
- Bear Statue: 18.6 mi
- James Monroe: 18.8 mi
- Mirador: 17.1 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 17.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 18.8 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 19.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 8.8 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 11.4 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 12.6 mi
- Housewright House: 18.5 mi
- Michie Tavern: 19.8 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 18.7 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 19.0 mi
- Student Garden: 19.7 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 20.3 mi
- West Lawn: 20.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 10.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 10.5 mi
- James River at Wingina: 10.7 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 11.4 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 12.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 22.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 22.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 22.7 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 23.0 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 16.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 16.5 mi
- Hickory Spring: 17.1 mi
- Coiner Spring: 22.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 24.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 8.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 18.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 20.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 21.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 16.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 24.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Canada: 19.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Waltons Mountain Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | WNW 288° | 741 m | 11.4 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNW 348° | 726 m | 9.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 353° | 722 m | 11.1 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 282° | 720 m | 11.9 mi |
| High Top Mountain | W 272° | 678 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 265° | 677 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pats Knob | W 273° | 660 m | 12.2 mi |
| Massies Mountain | NNW 339° | 657 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/775968244
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 21 mi
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