Chimney Rock
Chimney Rock rises to 974 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Ridges, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49020310, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 974 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Priest Overlook · 4 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 5 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Ridges: 0.7 mi
- Bee Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bolton Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cat Rock Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Meadow Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 12.2 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 14.6 mi
- Rife Park: 15.4 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 15.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Mirador: 17.8 mi
- Statler Brothers: 21.1 mi
- Augusta County: 21.1 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 21.4 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 5.6 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 8.4 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 16.1 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 16.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 16.3 mi
- Hickory Spring: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 6.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 7.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.7 mi
- Flower Pots: 21.0 mi
- Watering Can: 21.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 21.0 mi
- Peristyle: 21.0 mi
- Staunton: 21.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 6.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.1 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 20.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 20.9 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 4.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 8.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 10.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 22.0 mi
- Apple Cannon: 23.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 6.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 8.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 19.0 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 9.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 23.6 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 21.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 21.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 7.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Chimney Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | W 260° | 1,232 m | 7.2 mi |
| The Priest | WSW 242° | 1,227 m | 4.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,226 m | 9.8 mi |
| Three Ridges | NE 35° | 1,210 m | 0.7 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,172 m | 5.0 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNE 23° | 1,172 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Priest | SW 233° | 1,133 m | 5.5 mi |
| Spy Rock | WSW 257° | 1,128 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482520 — Chimney Rock, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356571043
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