Archer Mountain
Archer Mountain rises to 566 m in Virginia. Potatopatch Mountain stands 1,172 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Turk Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49009026, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 566 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 17.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 8 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 9 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 9 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turk Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Perry Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Walnut Top: 1.9 mi
- Massies Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 10.2 mi
- Simpson Park: 11.2 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 12.3 mi
- Rife Park: 13.0 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 14.7 mi
- Mountain Man: 15.1 mi
- Bear Statue: 15.2 mi
- George Welsh: 17.0 mi
- IN-trospection: 17.1 mi
- Mirador: 9.4 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 13.8 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 14.7 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 15.0 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.8 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 8.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 9.3 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 13.5 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 14.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 15.8 mi
- Student Garden: 17.1 mi
- Keunen Garden: 17.8 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 17.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 8.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 13.1 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 15.1 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 16.7 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.0 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.2 mi
- Hickory Spring: 10.5 mi
- Coiner Spring: 13.6 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 17.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 9.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 16.9 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 18.3 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 18.6 mi
- Apple Cannon: 19.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 8.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.2 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 23.2 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 24.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 4.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 23.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 5.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 24.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 24.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Canada: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Archer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potatopatch Mountain | W 277° | 1,172 m | 9.8 mi |
| Devils Knob | W 277° | 1,172 m | 9.8 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,099 m | 7.5 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | W 275° | 1,050 m | 8.8 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | WNW 303° | 949 m | 8.1 mi |
| Crawford Knob | WNW 286° | 918 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dripping Rock | WNW 288° | 913 m | 9.2 mi |
| Dobie Mountain | NW 311° | 820 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570221
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 19 mi
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