Bluff Mountain
Bluff Mountain rises to 1,015 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Otto Cline Powell monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014570, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,015 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 6 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Apple Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Punchbowl Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Silas Knob: 1.1 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Moore Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 4.9 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 5.1 mi
- Penny Park: 5.1 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Knick Field: 5.9 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 0.0 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 5.4 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 8.0 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 9.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 10.2 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 10.2 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 10.4 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.4 mi
- Knight Statue: 5.5 mi
- Peristyle: 5.5 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 6.0 mi
- George Washington: 10.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 18.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 18.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 19.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 19.8 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 8.8 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 9.9 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 10.2 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 11.1 mi
- Marble Spring: 7.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 8.7 mi
- Hunting Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 9.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 10.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 16.5 mi
- Lake Robertson: 17.5 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 19.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 11.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 14.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 18.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Bluff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 51° | 1,232 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NE 51° | 1,197 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,034 m | 10.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 46° | 1,025 m | 8.3 mi |
| Highcock Knob | SW 218° | 931 m | 8.4 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SW 234° | 910 m | 3.0 mi |
| Silas Knob | SW 229° | 904 m | 1.1 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | ENE 58° | 888 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570582
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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