Bailey Mountain
Bailey Mountain rises to 437 m in Virginia. Crawford Knob stands 918 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Willoughby Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4745261.
Wikidata Q49009566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 437 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 13 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 14 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Willoughby Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Ball Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 6.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 10.7 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 14.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 14.8 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 21.1 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 21.3 mi
- Mountain Man: 21.4 mi
- Bear Statue: 21.6 mi
- James Monroe: 22.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 4.2 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 4.7 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 9.5 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 16.1 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 19.7 mi
- Mirador: 17.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 21.5 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 21.7 mi
- Locust Hill: 22.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 5.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 5.9 mi
- James River at Wingina: 10.6 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 20.1 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 13.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 13.8 mi
- Hickory Spring: 13.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 19.7 mi
- Coiner Spring: 20.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 21.4 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 21.9 mi
- Student Garden: 23.0 mi
- Keunen Garden: 23.9 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 23.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 4.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 16.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 21.6 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 22.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 24.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.3 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 4.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 9.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Canada: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Bailey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Knob | NNW 329° | 918 m | 11.7 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | NW 304° | 741 m | 7.5 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNE 14° | 726 m | 10.7 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 294° | 720 m | 7.7 mi |
| High Top Mountain | W 281° | 678 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 275° | 677 m | 1.9 mi |
| Pats Knob | W 280° | 660 m | 7.7 mi |
| Massies Mountain | N 6° | 657 m | 10.2 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 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356559940
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 24 mi
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