Bryant Mountain
Bryant Mountain rises to 445 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabell Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 445 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- The Priest Overlook · 11 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 12 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cabell Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Hubbard Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mars Knob: 2.8 mi
- Mills Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Crits Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 12.6 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 14.7 mi
- Coolwell Park: 17.4 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 5.3 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 10.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 13.8 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 15.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hickory Spring: 12.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 13.3 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.3 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 22.3 mi
- Mirador: 22.3 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 22.6 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 24.3 mi
- Riverside Pool: 24.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 5.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 10.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.4 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 24.3 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 24.3 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 5.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.0 mi
- James River at Wingina: 14.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 15.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 18.8 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 24.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 24.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 24.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 24.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 9.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Knight Statue: 22.0 mi
- Peristyle: 22.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Bryant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,232 m | 11.1 mi |
| The Priest | NW 309° | 1,227 m | 8.1 mi |
| Three Ridges | NNW 346° | 1,210 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Priest | WNW 299° | 1,133 m | 7.8 mi |
| Spy Rock | WNW 300° | 1,128 m | 10.9 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | N 3° | 1,050 m | 11.2 mi |
| The Cardinal | WNW 282° | 1,023 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Friar | W 281° | 1,007 m | 8.8 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 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1463962 — Bryant Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560488
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 25 mi
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