Castle Hill
Castle Hill rises to 199 m in Virginia. Peters Mountain stands 550 m to the north-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49018433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 11 mi
- Bacon Hollow Overlook · 23 mi
- Swift Run Overlook · 23 mi
- Sandy Bottom Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hightop: 2.5 mi
- Broadhead Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Peters Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Lonesome Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Barboursville Community Park: 6.1 mi
- Cooke Park: 7.0 mi
- Gordonsville Historic District: 7.0 mi
- Verling Park: 7.1 mi
- Preddy Creek Trail Park: 7.5 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 9.0 mi
- Speech Stump: 9.0 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 10.0 mi
- Looking for Ice: 10.2 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 10.2 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 9.7 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Union Mills Dam: 10.2 mi
- Union Mills Lock: 10.2 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 11.2 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 9.8 mi
- West Lawn: 9.9 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 9.9 mi
- CATS Grove: 10.0 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 6.9 mi
- Monticello: 9.9 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 10.0 mi
- Michie Tavern: 10.5 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 10.5 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 10.7 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 14.4 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 17.3 mi
- Lake Orange: 17.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 21.7 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 9.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 11.1 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 11.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 11.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 11.8 mi
- South River Falls: 23.1 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 23.9 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 23.9 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 24.3 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 10.5 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 11.3 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 14.7 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Canada: 11.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Castle Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Mountain | NNE 13° | 550 m | 2.9 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | NW 310° | 533 m | 18.4 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | WSW 243° | 490 m | 17.4 mi |
| Carters Mountain | SW 235° | 477 m | 12.8 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | NNE 20° | 458 m | 3.7 mi |
| Wolfpit Mountain | WSW 242° | 454 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hightop | W 268° | 445 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 244° | 442 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356591993
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 10 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 30 mi
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