Coates Mountain
Coates Mountain rises to 769 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Whites Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021202, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 769 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 1 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whites Peak: 1.3 mi
- Deckers Hill: 2.0 mi
- McClure Peak: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Hills: 2.7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Park: 4.8 mi
- Penny Park: 5.0 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 5.4 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 5.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.6 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.7 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 7.7 mi
- Barracks The Virginia Military Institute: 7.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 6.0 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 6.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.6 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.7 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 8.0 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 8.0 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 17.5 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 6.4 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 8.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 12.5 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 16.5 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Peristyle: 4.6 mi
- Knight Statue: 4.6 mi
- George Washington: 7.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.7 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 6.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Lake Robertson: 17.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 20.1 mi
- Panther Falls: 5.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 17.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 14.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 19.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 24.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 6.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Coates Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SE 131° | 1,232 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pompey Peak | ESE 110° | 1,229 m | 7.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,226 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 117° | 1,223 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,197 m | 5.6 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,061 m | 6.4 mi |
| Brush Mountain | E 86° | 1,049 m | 7.5 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,034 m | 6.6 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 | 17:02 |
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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571117
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 27 mi
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