Cove Mountain
Cove Mountain rises to 269 m in Virginia. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49022419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 269 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 25.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 27 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 28 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Larkin Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Piney Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Pruetts Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 9.6 mi
- Raine Monument: 9.7 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 15.8 mi
- Luke Jordan, Blues Pioneer: 16.0 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 16.0 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 6.4 mi
- Abbitt Park: 10.6 mi
- Ruritan Park: 11.5 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 11.6 mi
- Coolwell Park: 11.8 mi
- The American Civil War Museum: 9.6 mi
- Appomattox County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 12.2 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 12.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 16.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 16.2 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 16.3 mi
- Diamond Hill Center Garden: 16.6 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 16.7 mi
- LOVE: 15.9 mi
- Lynchbug: 16.0 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 16.0 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 16.1 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 16.1 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 9.6 mi
- Point of Honor: 16.1 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 16.7 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 16.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 17.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 11.8 mi
- James River at Wingina: 12.3 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 16.8 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 17.4 mi
- Featherfin: 19.2 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 17.0 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 21.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 23.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | WNW 284° | 876 m | 18.0 mi |
| Shady Mountain | WNW 296° | 687 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 8° | 677 m | 19.4 mi |
| Naked Mountain | N 7° | 607 m | 17.2 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | N 4° | 570 m | 18.9 mi |
| Peebles Mountain | N 3° | 556 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 290° | 549 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | WNW 294° | 548 m | 16.3 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 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:21 | 17:01 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356561066
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 16 mi
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