Cook Mountain
Cook Mountain rises to 366 m in Virginia. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the west, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalk Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49021812, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 366 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 10.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 11 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- McCormick Gap Overlook · 12 mi
- McCormick Gap Overview · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chalk Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Gay Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Tom Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Persimmon Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 6.4 mi
- Biscuit Run Park: 7.7 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 8.8 mi
- Playground: 8.9 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 8.0 mi
- Mountain Man: 8.3 mi
- Bear Statue: 8.4 mi
- George Welsh: 10.0 mi
- IN-trospection: 10.1 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 8.7 mi
- Mirador: 8.7 mi
- Locust Hill: 9.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 9.1 mi
- Graveyard Site: 9.7 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 10.6 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 10.7 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 11.2 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 11.5 mi
- Michie Tavern: 11.5 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 8.4 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 8.9 mi
- Student Garden: 10.1 mi
- Keunen Garden: 10.9 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 10.9 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 8.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 10.7 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 13.0 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 13.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 15.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 17.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 18.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 18.7 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 18.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 15.0 mi
- Dripping Rock: 15.2 mi
- Coiner Spring: 16.9 mi
- Hickory Spring: 16.9 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 19.2 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 11.2 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 11.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 15.7 mi
- Apple Cannon: 19.4 mi
- Endless View Farms: 19.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.0 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 20.1 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 20.7 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 20.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 21.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 10.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 20.6 mi
- Canada: 10.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Cook Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | W 261° | 726 m | 4.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 280° | 722 m | 3.9 mi |
| Massies Mountain | W 261° | 657 m | 6.1 mi |
| Moses Mountain | W 273° | 590 m | 4.7 mi |
| Walnut Top | SW 235° | 572 m | 5.6 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WSW 252° | 571 m | 9.0 mi |
| Archer Mountain | WSW 246° | 566 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mill Mountain | W 262° | 563 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581812
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 12 mi
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