Dry Mountain
Dry Mountain rises to 220 m in Virginia. Long Mountain stands 437 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Island Park, a park 3.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 22 miles off. 201 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025975, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
201 named places within 25 miles
- Pannill's Bridge: 3.7 mi
- Mansion Truss Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 12.4 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 13.1 mi
- Roark Mill: 14.3 mi
- Long Island Park: 3.1 mi
- Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Avoca Museum: 11.5 mi
- Abbott-Duncan Recreation Fields: 11.9 mi
- Shreve Park: 12.5 mi
- Brown Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Red Oak Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Haden Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Scott Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Long Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Patrick Henry Museum: 10.4 mi
- Avoca Museum: 11.5 mi
- Campbell County Museum: 12.0 mi
- Sharswood Plantation: 14.1 mi
- Noland Village at Providence: 17.8 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 11.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.6 mi
- Fairview Center Garden: 19.5 mi
- Poplar Forest Herb Garden: 20.0 mi
- James D. Wright Garden: 20.2 mi
- LOVE: 12.6 mi
- Hayes Hall Bell: 20.5 mi
- Hayes Monument: 20.5 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 21.4 mi
- Diamond Hill: 21.5 mi
- VUL Sign: 20.5 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 21.6 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 21.6 mi
- Point of Honor: 22.1 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 23.5 mi
- WBWF Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 22.4 mi
- Charlotte State Forest: 22.6 mi
- The Devil's Bookcase: 12.1 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 12.7 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dry Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mountain | N 354° | 437 m | 12.8 mi |
| Jack Mountain | NNW 346° | 407 m | 16.4 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | WNW 290° | 405 m | 17.5 mi |
| Candler Mountain | NNW 341° | 398 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bettys Hill | W 266° | 353 m | 24.4 mi |
| Jasper Mountain | W 259° | 348 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NNE 19° | 347 m | 15.9 mi |
| Hogan's Mountain | WNW 285° | 340 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookneal, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356561289
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 22 mi
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