Burks Mountain
Burks Mountain rises to 506 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 506 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 6 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 6 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Panther Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Glenn Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Stinnett Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sut Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Park: 7.7 mi
- Penny Park: 8.3 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 8.8 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 10.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 7.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 13.2 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 14.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 14.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 9.5 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 9.5 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 11.6 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 11.7 mi
- Knight Statue: 8.4 mi
- Peristyle: 8.4 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 13.8 mi
- George Washington: 14.0 mi
- The Cannonball: 14.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.0 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 14.2 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 16.3 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 17.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 17.0 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 18.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 19.0 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 19.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 3.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 3.5 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 12.0 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 18.9 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.3 mi
- Lace Falls: 19.3 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 23.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 22.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 23.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Burks Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 347° | 1,232 m | 3.3 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NNE 29° | 1,229 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNE 33° | 1,223 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cole Mountain | N 4° | 1,197 m | 4.0 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,061 m | 3.9 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,049 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,034 m | 3.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,025 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482173 — Burks Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570796
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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