Diggs Mountain
Diggs Mountain rises to 488 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Spring Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 488 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 18.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 10 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 10 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 10 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Spring Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Turk Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Hills Mountain: 2.2 mi
- The Horseshoe: 2.3 mi
- Archer Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 2.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 10.1 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 10.9 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 13.7 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 16.3 mi
- Mountain Man: 16.6 mi
- Bear Statue: 16.8 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 17.9 mi
- George Welsh: 18.4 mi
- Mirador: 12.0 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 16.0 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 16.6 mi
- Locust Hill: 16.9 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 6.2 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 7.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 7.3 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 15.6 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 15.8 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 16.1 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 17.3 mi
- Student Garden: 18.5 mi
- Keunen Garden: 19.3 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 19.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 7.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 15.5 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 15.8 mi
- James River at Wingina: 15.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 10.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 11.3 mi
- Coiner Spring: 15.8 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 19.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 7.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 16.7 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 19.1 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 19.9 mi
- Apple Cannon: 21.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 6.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 24.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 24.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 2.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Canada: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Diggs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback Mountain | NW 312° | 1,099 m | 9.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,050 m | 9.5 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | NW 315° | 949 m | 9.8 mi |
| Crawford Knob | WNW 303° | 918 m | 8.0 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | W 259° | 741 m | 7.1 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNE 22° | 726 m | 5.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 23° | 722 m | 6.6 mi |
| White Mountain | WSW 252° | 720 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1465793 — Diggs Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356561232
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
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