Banks Mountain
Banks Mountain rises to 301 m in Virginia. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Neal Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Madison County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010634, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 301 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 11.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 8 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- South River Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greene County Park: 5.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 5.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 5.8 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 5.9 mi
- Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex: 6.0 mi
- Neal Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Tippets Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Allen Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Berry Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Goodall Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 7.3 mi
- Five Tents: 10.4 mi
- CCC Camp: 12.3 mi
- Speech Stump: 20.9 mi
- LOVE: 21.1 mi
- Lions Glasses: 21.1 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 21.5 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 21.6 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Montpelier: 13.9 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 14.2 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 15.5 mi
- James Madison Museum: 15.5 mi
- South River Falls: 7.6 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Falls: 10.1 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 14.0 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 21.3 mi
- CATS Grove: 21.4 mi
- The Grove: 21.5 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Lewis Spring: 12.7 mi
- Davids Spring: 13.1 mi
- Elkton Spring: 13.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.5 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 14.6 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 22.5 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 22.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 22.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 22.8 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 22.8 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 5.7 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 13.3 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 19.2 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 20.6 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 5.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 17.8 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 18.9 mi
- Lake Orange: 20.6 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 24.3 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 13.3 mi
- Canada: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Banks Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,172 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hazeltop | NNW 333° | 1,149 m | 10.2 mi |
| Hightop | W 266° | 1,091 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | NW 315° | 1,087 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | NW 323° | 1,083 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bush Mountain | NW 326° | 1,076 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,066 m | 7.0 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,061 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356559980
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 12 mi
- Charlottesville · 23 mi
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