Montvale Wayside
Montvale Wayside is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 302 m. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the east-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 302 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Montvale Overlook · 4 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 4 mi
- Harvey's Knob Overlook · 4 mi
- Sharp Top Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Foster Knob: 2.0 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 2.1 mi
- Wiggington Knob: 2.6 mi
- Porter Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Blue Knob: 2.7 mi
- Montvale Park: 2.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Park: 5.7 mi
- Troutville Park: 7.6 mi
- Peaks of Otter Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Bonsack Park: 8.6 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 8.2 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- The Rock: 11.3 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 12.4 mi
- Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 10.7 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 11.3 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 11.4 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 12.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 13.4 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 12.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 13.7 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 13.7 mi
- Roanoke Star: 14.1 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 19.1 mi
- Rhinoceros: 10.1 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.8 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 13.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 14.9 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 16.1 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Explore Park: 11.8 mi
- Carvins Cove: 13.6 mi
- Craig Creek Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 11.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 11.2 mi
- Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Victory Garden: 11.9 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Big Spring: 8.7 mi
- Hunting Spring: 19.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 20.0 mi
- Marble Spring: 20.9 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 10.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 14.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 19.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 23.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 6.8 mi
- Howrytown: 8.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Montvale Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,215 m | 9.7 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,167 m | 8.1 mi |
| Headforemost Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,131 m | 12.5 mi |
| The Pinnacle | ENE 62° | 1,119 m | 10.1 mi |
| Floyd Mountain | NE 53° | 1,088 m | 12.8 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | ENE 68° | 1,074 m | 7.8 mi |
| Harkening Hill | NE 55° | 1,026 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | NE 53° | 942 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buchanan, 10 mi away.
- Field Sparrow8 obs
- Mountain Redbelly Dace7 obs
- Butternut6 obs
- Song Sparrow5 obs
- Carolina Wren4 obs
- Lincoln's Sparrow3 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral3 obs
- ebony spleenwort3 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/356573348
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 14 mi
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