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Crow Mountain

Crow Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Crow Mountain rises to 287 m in Virginia. Hightop stands 1,091 m to the northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chapman Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49023131, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
287 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.27485, -78.47668

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Greene County Park: 3.1 mi
  • Dog Park: 7.8 mi
  • Chris Greene Lake Park: 8.0 mi
  • Preddy Creek Trail Park: 8.9 mi
  • Brook Hill River Park: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Upper Pocosin Mission: 8.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 12.4 mi
  • Madison County Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
  • Madison County Confederate Memorial: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Down The Nile: 15.4 mi
  • Speech Stump: 15.4 mi
  • Moving Forward: 15.5 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 15.6 mi
  • A Bad Case of the Mondays: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 20
Museums: 17
  • Miller-Kite House Museum: 12.0 mi
  • Madison County Historical Society: 14.2 mi
  • Fralin Museum of Art: 16.4 mi
  • Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 16.5 mi
  • Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 16.8 mi
Gardens: 16
Springs: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Greene County Park Pavillion: 3.2 mi
  • South River Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 11.3 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 13.4 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 17.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 1
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Crow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HightopNW 317°1,091 m5.9 mi
Lewis MountainN 1°1,087 m10.8 mi
Bearfence MountainN 3°1,083 m11.9 mi
Bluff MountainNNE 16°1,066 m11.9 mi
Big Flat MountainW 260°1,033 m10.7 mi
Bald Face MountainNNW 346°1,027 m8.5 mi
Saddleback MountainNNW 347°1,026 m6.4 mi
Flattop MountainW 281°1,006 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0220:41
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2816:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596775797770594942
Precip in3.02.33.53.24.24.43.43.94.13.33.43.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586662

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