Ball Mountain
Ball Mountain rises to 419 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Monasco Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010551, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 419 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 15 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 16 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Creek Park: 6.9 mi
- Simpson Park: 9.3 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 13.0 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 13.0 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 13.7 mi
- Monasco Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Willoughby Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 2.9 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 20.5 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 20.9 mi
- Mountain Man: 21.2 mi
- Bear Statue: 21.4 mi
- James Monroe: 22.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 3.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 6.1 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.4 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 14.4 mi
- Housewright House: 18.4 mi
- Mirador: 18.5 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 19.4 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 21.0 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 21.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 21.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 7.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 7.9 mi
- James River at Wingina: 9.2 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 14.4 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 18.2 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 21.5 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 21.6 mi
- Student Garden: 22.7 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 23.4 mi
- West Lawn: 23.5 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 15.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 15.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 15.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 21.7 mi
- Coiner Spring: 22.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 6.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 18.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 21.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 23.5 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 23.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 6.4 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Canada: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Ball Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | WNW 303° | 741 m | 9.6 mi |
| Heard Mountain | N 4° | 726 m | 11.3 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 295° | 720 m | 9.7 mi |
| High Top Mountain | WNW 285° | 678 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 286° | 677 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pats Knob | WNW 284° | 660 m | 9.7 mi |
| Massies Mountain | N 356° | 657 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bolton Mountain | WNW 298° | 649 m | 12.2 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 | 07:28 | 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/356559967
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 24 mi
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