Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 1,086 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Knob of Rocks, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q49010205, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,086 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 1 mi
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Knob of Rocks: 1.0 mi
- Copelands Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Flint Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 7.7 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 13.3 mi
- Rife Park: 13.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 14.0 mi
- Statler Brothers: 16.0 mi
- Augusta County: 16.0 mi
- Cannon: 16.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Mirador: 18.2 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 9.2 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 14.3 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 5.3 mi
- Dripping Rock: 7.1 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 7.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.6 mi
- Flower Pots: 15.9 mi
- Watering Can: 15.9 mi
- Staunton: 16.0 mi
- Chodo IX: 16.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 19.9 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 4.6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 9.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 14.4 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.8 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 12.3 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.0 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 15.2 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 21.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 1.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 2.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 7.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 19.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 23.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 23.9 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 19.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 14.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 10.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,232 m | 6.8 mi |
| The Priest | S 180° | 1,227 m | 6.7 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SW 218° | 1,226 m | 9.1 mi |
| Three Ridges | SE 133° | 1,210 m | 5.9 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 90° | 1,172 m | 5.9 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 90° | 1,172 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Priest | S 184° | 1,133 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spy Rock | SSW 207° | 1,128 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570294
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