Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 318 m in Virginia. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Turner Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020085, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 318 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 20.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 27 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turner Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Paradise Hill: 2.2 mi
- Galts Mill Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Athos: 3.2 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 7.3 mi
- Luke Jordan, Blues Pioneer: 7.5 mi
- Supplying Lee's Army: 7.7 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 7.7 mi
- Diamond Hill: 7.7 mi
- Civitan Park: 5.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 6.7 mi
- Ruritan Park: 6.9 mi
- Percival's Island Natural Area: 7.1 mi
- Riveredge Park: 7.5 mi
- Amazement Square: 7.7 mi
- Lynchburg Museum: 7.9 mi
- Legacy Museum of African American History: 8.4 mi
- Anne Spencer House: 8.5 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 7.9 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 8.0 mi
- Diamond Hill Center Garden: 8.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 8.1 mi
- Fairview Center Garden: 8.3 mi
- LOVE: 7.5 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 7.6 mi
- Lynchbug: 7.7 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 7.7 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 7.7 mi
- Point of Honor: 7.8 mi
- VUL Sign: 8.6 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 8.8 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 8.8 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 8.8 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 8.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
- James River at Wingina: 21.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 23.6 mi
- Featherfin: 24.0 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 10.1 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 13.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 24.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NW 312° | 876 m | 13.9 mi |
| High Peak | NW 312° | 876 m | 13.9 mi |
| No Business Mountain | W 278° | 837 m | 20.7 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NNW 330° | 760 m | 20.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | W 279° | 712 m | 19.1 mi |
| Shady Mountain | NNW 327° | 687 m | 15.5 mi |
| Banks Mountain | NW 319° | 657 m | 20.7 mi |
| Fleming Mountain | W 275° | 645 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Appomattox, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1464832 — Chestnut Mountain, Appomattox County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560831
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 8 mi
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