Charlie Taylor Mountain
Charlie Taylor Mountain rises to 653 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49019850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 653 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White's Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 2 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.1 mi
- McClure Peak: 2.2 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 6.8 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 9.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 9.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Laurel Park: 3.6 mi
- Penny Park: 4.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 4.8 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 6.4 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 9.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 4.1 mi
- Peristyle: 4.1 mi
- George Washington: 9.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 9.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 9.4 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 9.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 9.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 14.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 9.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.2 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 15.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 15.5 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 3.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 20.7 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.6 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 22.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 22.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 23.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.9 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 16.9 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.8 mi
- Lake Robertson: 18.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 16.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 18.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Charlie Taylor Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 91° | 1,232 m | 2.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | E 81° | 1,229 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 90° | 1,223 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cole Mountain | E 80° | 1,197 m | 4.0 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | E 84° | 1,061 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brush Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,049 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 90° | 1,034 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 84° | 1,025 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482457 — Charlie Taylor Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356571008
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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