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Chicken Mountain

Chicken Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.20708, -78.17778

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 35
Historic sites: 26
Gardens: 14
Museums: 13
Beaches: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kirtley MountainNW 317°788 m18.3 mi
Buzzard RocksNW 318°725 m19.5 mi
Sag TopNNW 330°665 m19.0 mi
Utz HightopNNW 330°643 m17.5 mi
Peters MountainSW 226°550 m8.1 mi
Powell MountainWNW 295°526 m18.7 mi
Daniels MountainWNW 292°520 m19.6 mi
Berry MountainNW 324°505 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:5020:0120:40
September equinox07:0118:3719:11
December solstice07:2616:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845566473777569574739
Precip in2.92.63.63.44.14.84.33.44.33.63.43.4

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

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