Elk Pond Mountain
Elk Pond Mountain rises to 1,226 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovingston Springs, a spring 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Elk Pond Mountain is a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the border of Nelson and Rockbridge counties in Virginia. Elk Pond Mountain is flanked to the east by Maintop Mountain, and to the southwest by Rocky Mountain. Elk Pond Mountain stands within the watershed of the James River, which drains into the Chesapeake Bay. The east side of Elk Pond Mtn. drains into the North Fork of the Piney River, thence into the Tye River and the James River. The northeastern side of the north end of Elk Pond Mtn. drains into Mill Creek, thence into the South Fork of the Tye River. The northwest side of the north end of Elk Pond Mtn. drains into the headwaters of Irish Creek, thence into the South River, the Maury River, and the James River. The west side of Elk Pond Mtn. drains into Nettle Creek, thence into Irish Creek. Elk Pond Mountain is in the George Washington National Forest. The Blue Ridge Parkway traverses the west side of Elk Pond Mountain at elevations of about 3,100 feet (900 m). The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along east side of Elk Pond Mountain.
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Wikidata Q5364076, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1226 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.9 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 3 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 6 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wigwam Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Brush Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Painter Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
- Laurel Park: 11.2 mi
- Penny Park: 11.6 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 11.6 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 12.2 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 14.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 14.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 14.8 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 14.8 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 14.9 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 15.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 15.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 15.2 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 15.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 0.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 1.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 3.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 11.3 mi
- Peristyle: 11.3 mi
- George Washington: 14.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 14.9 mi
- George C. Marshall: 14.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 0.8 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 5.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 15.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 16.6 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 23.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 5.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 15.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 8.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 8.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 10.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.3 mi
- Lace Falls: 24.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 19.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 20.4 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 23.7 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 17.3 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 18.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Elk Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,232 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 213° | 1,232 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | S 182° | 1,229 m | 4.1 mi |
| The Priest | E 85° | 1,227 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | S 184° | 1,223 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,197 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Priest | E 98° | 1,133 m | 5.1 mi |
| Spy Rock | ENE 68° | 1,128 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571548
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 28 mi
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