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Burnt Mountain

Burnt Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Burnt Mountain rises to 389 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the west-southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharp Top, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Skyline Drive passes 6.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49017011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
389 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.97549, -78.74111

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Playground: 6.2 mi
  • Claudius Crozet Park: 6.7 mi
  • Cove Creek Park: 7.7 mi
  • Beaver Creek Park: 8.2 mi
  • Walnut Creek Park: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 37
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 19
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Monocan Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 5: 22.5 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 4: 23.0 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 3: 23.6 mi
Attractions: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Nelson County Wayside: 9.9 mi
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Burnt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humpback MountainWSW 258°1,099 m8.8 mi
Bucks Elbow MountainN 359°964 m8.9 mi
Humpback RocksW 264°949 m8.7 mi
Crawford KnobWSW 248°918 m9.2 mi
Calf MountainNNW 342°908 m7.7 mi
Bear Den MountainNNW 334°879 m7.0 mi
Scott MountainNW 322°842 m7.2 mi
Dobie MountainW 271°820 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5320:0220:42
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:2816:1817:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270757366554537
Precip in3.22.84.13.93.64.53.73.75.53.44.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356581776

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