Diggs Mountain
Diggs Mountain rises to 284 m in Virginia. The Priest stands 1,227 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Crits Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024880, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 15 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 15 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crits Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cabell Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Turner Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Edge Hill: 3.7 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 23.1 mi
- Riverside Pool: 23.2 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 23.2 mi
- Raine Monument: 23.3 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 23.5 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 10.1 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 14.8 mi
- Coolwell Park: 16.1 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 16.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 5.9 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 12.6 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 12.6 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 14.0 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 23.7 mi
- Lynchbug: 23.7 mi
- Piano: 23.7 mi
- LOVE: 23.8 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 23.9 mi
- Hickory Spring: 15.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.6 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 16.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 16.2 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 16.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 5.9 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 14.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 16.8 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 23.1 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 23.2 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 23.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 23.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 23.5 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 23.7 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 23.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 7.2 mi
- James River at Wingina: 11.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 13.9 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 15.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 16.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 19.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 21.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 10.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 14.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Diggs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priest | NW 313° | 1,227 m | 11.9 mi |
| Three Ridges | NNW 338° | 1,210 m | 11.6 mi |
| Little Priest | NW 307° | 1,133 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Friar | WNW 293° | 1,007 m | 12.0 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 335° | 974 m | 11.2 mi |
| Little Friar | WNW 290° | 880 m | 11.6 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | N 1° | 741 m | 9.6 mi |
| White Mountain | N 356° | 720 m | 8.5 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 | 07:28 | 16:20 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1465792 — Diggs Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356561231
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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