Bear Den Mountain
Bear Den Mountain rises to 879 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Calf Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
The story
mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49011309, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 879 m
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 4.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Calf Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- McCormick Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- McCormick Gap Overview · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Calf Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Scott Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ramsey Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mikes Knob: 2.6 mi
- Turks Mountain: 3.3 mi
- North Park: 4.4 mi
- Constitution Park: 4.7 mi
- Playground: 4.8 mi
- Rife Park: 5.3 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 5.7 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 12.9 mi
- Bear Statue: 13.2 mi
- Mountain Man: 13.3 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 15.5 mi
- Moving Forward: 15.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Mirador: 3.0 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 3.4 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 7.1 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 8.0 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 4.9 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 5.3 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 13.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 13.7 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.1 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 10.1 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 14.4 mi
- Keunen Garden: 15.5 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 15.5 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 15.6 mi
- Coiner Spring: 7.3 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 10.0 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 10.1 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 11.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 11.5 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 3.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 13.4 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 13.7 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 14.8 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 16.6 mi
- Apple Cannon: 8.0 mi
- Endless View Farms: 8.0 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 17.7 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 19.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 11.6 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 13.2 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 13.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 18.0 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 9.5 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 15.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 15.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 12.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 15.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.8 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 20.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.8 mi
- Canada: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Bear Den Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback Mountain | SW 214° | 1,099 m | 9.8 mi |
| Trayfoot Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,025 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | NE 48° | 964 m | 4.0 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | SW 217° | 949 m | 9.2 mi |
| Blackrock | NNE 17° | 944 m | 11.1 mi |
| Crawford Knob | SSW 209° | 918 m | 11.2 mi |
| Calf Mountain | NE 38° | 908 m | 1.3 mi |
| Pinestand Mountain | NNE 20° | 906 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:18 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560028
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 18 mi
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