Cole Mountain
Cole Mountain rises to 1,197 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Camp Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,197 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 4 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 4 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Floyds Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Little Rocky Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.3 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 2.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 10.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 12.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 12.9 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Park: 7.6 mi
- Penny Park: 8.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 8.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 10.2 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 8.0 mi
- Peristyle: 8.0 mi
- George Washington: 12.9 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.9 mi
- George C. Marshall: 12.9 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.9 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 13.0 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 13.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 13.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 4.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 9.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 13.3 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 18.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 18.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 0.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 0.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 1.0 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 4.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 21.0 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 22.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 23.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 1.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 15.3 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 17.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 5.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 13.3 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 20.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 22.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 21.1 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Cole Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SW 233° | 1,232 m | 1.3 mi |
| Maintop Mountain | NE 39° | 1,232 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pompey Peak | E 85° | 1,229 m | 2.1 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,226 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ESE 111° | 1,223 m | 2.0 mi |
| Little Priest | ENE 64° | 1,133 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spy Rock | NE 41° | 1,128 m | 6.9 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,061 m | 0.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583526
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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