Butler Mountain
Butler Mountain rises to 340 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Shiloh Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017226, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 340 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 18.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 15 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 15 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 15 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shiloh Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Rock Spring Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Willoughby Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Ball Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 6.7 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 10.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 10.7 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 11.2 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 17.1 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 17.3 mi
- Mountain Man: 17.6 mi
- Bear Statue: 17.8 mi
- James Monroe: 18.6 mi
- Mirador: 15.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 16.6 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 18.2 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 18.4 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 18.6 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 1.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 8.1 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.1 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 12.3 mi
- Michie Tavern: 19.5 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 18.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 18.0 mi
- Student Garden: 19.1 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 19.9 mi
- West Lawn: 20.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 9.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 9.7 mi
- James River at Wingina: 12.1 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 12.3 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 14.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 14.9 mi
- Hickory Spring: 15.6 mi
- Coiner Spring: 20.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 23.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 10.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 22.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 22.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 23.1 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 23.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 8.1 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 18.4 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 19.9 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 20.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 5.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Canada: 19.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Butler Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | WNW 282° | 741 m | 10.2 mi |
| Heard Mountain | N 352° | 726 m | 8.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 357° | 722 m | 9.6 mi |
| White Mountain | W 275° | 720 m | 10.8 mi |
| High Top Mountain | W 265° | 678 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 250° | 677 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pats Knob | W 266° | 660 m | 11.3 mi |
| Massies Mountain | NNW 341° | 657 m | 8.4 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 | 07:27 | 16:19 | 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 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560547
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
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