Farmers Mountain
Farmers Mountain rises to 330 m in Virginia. Smith Mountain stands 590 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Saponi Garden, a garden 2.6 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49028597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 330 m
How to reach it
102 named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Flint Hill: 5.0 mi
- Jasper Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.2 mi
- Bettys Hill: 8.7 mi
- Gretna Town Park: 2.8 mi
- Franklin Junction Historic Railroad Park: 3.2 mi
- Elba Park: 3.4 mi
- Pittsylvania Wayside Park: 8.2 mi
- Roosevelt Mattox Park: 9.4 mi
- Jeremiah’s Corner: 3.0 mi
- Roark Mill: 6.8 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 9.6 mi
- Bethany Church: 10.1 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Yates Tavern: 3.9 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 10.6 mi
- Simpson Funeral Museum: 11.2 mi
- Sharswood Plantation: 12.1 mi
- Avoca Museum: 12.1 mi
- Saponi Garden: 2.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.0 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 11.1 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 11.2 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 12.1 mi
- LOVE: 10.0 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 24.9 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Farmers Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Mountain | WNW 281° | 590 m | 9.5 mi |
| Toms Knob | WSW 250° | 531 m | 24.0 mi |
| Blue Knob | SW 235° | 521 m | 24.7 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | WSW 254° | 515 m | 20.5 mi |
| Turkeycock Mountain | SW 236° | 505 m | 19.4 mi |
| Greer Knob | W 272° | 495 m | 10.9 mi |
| Board Mountain | NW 312° | 451 m | 24.2 mi |
| Orchard Knob | WSW 238° | 436 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:03 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496891 — Farmers Mountain, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356584393
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