Chimney Rock Mountain
Chimney Rock Mountain rises to 741 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is McClure Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49020342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 741 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 1 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McClure Peak: 0.9 mi
- Silver Peak: 1.1 mi
- Garnet Peak: 1.6 mi
- Whites Peak: 1.6 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Park: 2.0 mi
- Penny Park: 2.4 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 2.9 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 4.2 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 6.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.3 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 16.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 6.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 6.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 8.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 14.0 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 14.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 14.6 mi
- Knight Statue: 2.1 mi
- Peristyle: 2.1 mi
- George Washington: 7.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.1 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 15.9 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.6 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 22.0 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 22.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 24.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 24.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 15.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Chimney Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 99° | 1,232 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pompey Peak | E 89° | 1,229 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 95° | 1,223 m | 7.9 mi |
| Cole Mountain | E 90° | 1,197 m | 6.0 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | E 92° | 1,061 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 96° | 1,034 m | 6.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 97° | 1,025 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,015 m | 6.5 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 | 17:03 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492763 — Chimney Rock Mountain, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581804
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 25 mi
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