Chicken Mountain
Chicken Mountain rises to 239 m in Virginia. Kirtley Mountain stands 788 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Annie duPont Formal Garden, a garden 0.9 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 239 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 21 mi
- South River Overlook · 22 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Hill: 1.2 mi
- Gibson Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Scott Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Merry Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cameron Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Veteran's Park: 4.2 mi
- Taylor Park: 4.4 mi
- Belleview Park: 4.5 mi
- Robertson Fountain / Depot / Visitor Center Park: 4.5 mi
- Speech Stump: 18.6 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 18.8 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 19.8 mi
- Looking for Ice: 19.9 mi
- Lions Glasses: 19.9 mi
- Bloomsbury: 7.3 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 14.9 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 15.1 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 0.9 mi
- Louisa Downtown Garden: 15.8 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 19.4 mi
- CATS Grove: 19.5 mi
- Montpelier: 1.0 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- James Madison Museum: 4.3 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 12.8 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 14.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 21.1 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 21.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 21.5 mi
- Bozo Beach: 21.6 mi
- South River Falls: 21.2 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 23.1 mi
- Cedar Falls: 23.6 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
- Lake Orange: 8.6 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 18.9 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 19.9 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 23.8 mi
- Oakley Forest Wildlife Management Area: 24.8 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 13.9 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 24.8 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 20.4 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 21.8 mi
- Canada: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Chicken Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtley Mountain | NW 317° | 788 m | 18.3 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | NW 318° | 725 m | 19.5 mi |
| Sag Top | NNW 330° | 665 m | 19.0 mi |
| Utz Hightop | NNW 330° | 643 m | 17.5 mi |
| Peters Mountain | SW 226° | 550 m | 8.1 mi |
| Powell Mountain | WNW 295° | 526 m | 18.7 mi |
| Daniels Mountain | WNW 292° | 520 m | 19.6 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NW 324° | 505 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:15 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piedmont Rsch STN, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494873 — Chicken Mountain, Orange County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583320
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 25 mi
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