Bee Mountain
Bee Mountain rises to 921 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the west-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadow Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49011791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 921 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 2 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 3 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meadow Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Three Ridges: 1.5 mi
- PJs Mound: 1.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.0 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 10.3 mi
- Rife Park: 13.6 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 13.7 mi
- Constitution Park: 14.3 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 5.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 9.7 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.2 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 17.0 mi
- Hickory Spring: 3.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 5.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.0 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Mirador: 16.5 mi
- Statler Brothers: 19.1 mi
- Augusta County: 19.1 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 19.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 7.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.3 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 18.2 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 20.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 5.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 9.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 20.0 mi
- Apple Cannon: 21.3 mi
- Flower Pots: 19.0 mi
- Watering Can: 19.0 mi
- Staunton: 19.2 mi
- Chodo IX: 19.3 mi
- Knight Statue: 21.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 3.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 5.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 7.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 20.1 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 19.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 19.2 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 24.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 24.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 24.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 9.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 22.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 6.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Bee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,232 m | 7.8 mi |
| The Priest | SW 223° | 1,227 m | 5.6 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,226 m | 10.5 mi |
| Three Ridges | SSE 163° | 1,210 m | 1.5 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NE 38° | 1,172 m | 3.3 mi |
| Devils Knob | NE 38° | 1,172 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Priest | SW 220° | 1,133 m | 6.9 mi |
| Spy Rock | WSW 243° | 1,128 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1481586 — Bee Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570379
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 30 mi
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