Donald Mountain
Donald Mountain rises to 792 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Aggies Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49025433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 792 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 6 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Aggies Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Big Spy Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Little Spy Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Long Drive Mountain: 3.1 mi
- McClung Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 8.1 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 11.6 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Park: 14.9 mi
- Penny Park: 15.1 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 15.8 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 16.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 16.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 6.8 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 9.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.0 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 15.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 16.2 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 16.4 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 16.6 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 16.6 mi
- Peristyle: 14.7 mi
- Knight Statue: 14.7 mi
- George Washington: 16.2 mi
- George C. Marshall: 16.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 16.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 11.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 17.1 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.2 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 17.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 6.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 6.4 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 17.0 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 18.6 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 18.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 4.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 6.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 14.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.7 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 15.2 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 17.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 20.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 15.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 16.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 7.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Donald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,232 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pompey Peak | S 177° | 1,229 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Priest | SE 133° | 1,227 m | 8.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | S 175° | 1,226 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cole Mountain | S 189° | 1,197 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Priest | SE 141° | 1,133 m | 8.9 mi |
| Spy Rock | SSE 151° | 1,128 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | NE 50° | 1,112 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356601140
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