Peak · Virginia
Beaver Creek Mountain
Beaver Creek Mountain rises to 428 m in Virginia. Trayfoot Mountain stands 1,025 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy's Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49011668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 428 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.09041, -78.70891
- 3.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 9.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sawmill Ridge Overlook · 4 mi
- Sawmill Run Overlook · 4 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Turk Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Happy's Hill: 1.0 mi
- Little Yellow Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bucks Elbow Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Calf Mountain: 4.1 mi
Parks
- Claudius Crozet Park: 1.9 mi
- Playground: 2.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Park: 2.8 mi
- Crimora Park: 9.0 mi
- North Park: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 37
- 3 Owl Statue: 8.7 mi
- Bear Statue: 9.0 mi
- Mountain Man: 9.1 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 10.9 mi
- Moving Forward: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 31
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 3.4 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 4.7 mi
- Mirador: 4.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Locust Hill: 6.4 mi
Museums: 21
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 9.9 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 10.3 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 11.8 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 12.7 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 16
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 5.7 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 10.2 mi
- Keunen Garden: 10.9 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 10.9 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 11.0 mi
Springs: 11
- Blackrock Springs: 8.5 mi
- Coiner Spring: 12.4 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 14.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 16.0 mi
- Dripping Rock: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 1.3 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 9.6 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 9.7 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 11.6 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Jones Run Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 10.3 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 10.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 16.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 7
- Apple Cannon: 10.1 mi
- Endless View Farms: 10.1 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 13.3 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 15.6 mi
- Fear Forest: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 6
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 15.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 15.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 23.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 24.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 10.0 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 17.9 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 20.3 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 5.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 17.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Canada: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Beaver Creek Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trayfoot Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,025 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | N 0° | 1,010 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | WNW 298° | 964 m | 2.1 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | NNE 13° | 954 m | 10.2 mi |
| Blackrock | N 349° | 944 m | 9.1 mi |
| Calf Mountain | W 261° | 908 m | 4.1 mi |
| Pinestand Mountain | N 353° | 906 m | 8.8 mi |
| Turk Mountain | WNW 296° | 899 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Free Union, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581703
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- Charlottesville · 13 mi
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