Elephant Mountain
Elephant Mountain rises to 631 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Garnet Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49027630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 631 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garnet Peak: 0.6 mi
- Silver Peak: 1.1 mi
- Paxton Peak: 1.2 mi
- LIttle Pinnacle: 1.8 mi
- Highco Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 4.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.1 mi
- Laurel Park: 0.6 mi
- Penny Park: 1.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 1.6 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 3.7 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 1.4 mi
- Peristyle: 1.4 mi
- George Washington: 7.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.2 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.1 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.5 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 10.3 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 12.1 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 12.4 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 6.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 8.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 10.4 mi
- Marble Spring: 12.0 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 20.6 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 22.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 23.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 23.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 8.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.0 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 16.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lace Falls: 13.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 18.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Elephant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 80° | 1,232 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,197 m | 7.4 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 79° | 1,061 m | 8.1 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 82° | 1,034 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,025 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | S 188° | 1,015 m | 4.5 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSW 206° | 910 m | 6.9 mi |
| Silas Knob | SSW 196° | 904 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1483259 — Elephant Mountain, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356571530
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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