Boaz Mountains
Boaz Mountains rises to 396 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Top, a peak 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49014608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 396 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 14.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 10 mi
- Afton Overlook · 11 mi
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Rockfish Valley Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Top: 1.4 mi
- Heard Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Persimmon Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Moses Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 3.2 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 7.3 mi
- Simpson Park: 9.4 mi
- Playground: 10.4 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 10.8 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 12.0 mi
- Mountain Man: 12.4 mi
- Bear Statue: 12.5 mi
- George Welsh: 14.2 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 14.3 mi
- Mirador: 8.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 11.8 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 12.3 mi
- Locust Hill: 12.6 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 8.4 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 9.6 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 11.6 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.0 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.3 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 11.9 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 13.1 mi
- Student Garden: 14.4 mi
- Keunen Garden: 15.1 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 15.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 11.9 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 12.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 14.7 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 11.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 11.6 mi
- Hickory Spring: 13.1 mi
- Coiner Spring: 14.9 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 18.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 21.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 21.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 22.4 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 22.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 11.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.8 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 22.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 11.6 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 15.4 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 15.8 mi
- Apple Cannon: 19.4 mi
- Endless View Farms: 19.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 6.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 22.4 mi
- Canada: 14.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Boaz Mountains. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,099 m | 9.8 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | WNW 290° | 949 m | 10.1 mi |
| Crawford Knob | W 276° | 918 m | 9.4 mi |
| Dobie Mountain | WNW 297° | 820 m | 10.2 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNW 331° | 726 m | 1.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 359° | 722 m | 2.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 210° | 677 m | 10.3 mi |
| Massies Mountain | WNW 295° | 657 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581736
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 16 mi
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