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Farmers Mountain

Farmers Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.98737, -79.39697

102 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
Parks: 35
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 7
Gardens: 6
  • 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
Artworks: 1
  • LOVE: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smith MountainWNW 281°590 m9.5 mi
Toms KnobWSW 250°531 m24.0 mi
Blue KnobSW 235°521 m24.7 mi
Chesnut MountainWSW 254°515 m20.5 mi
Turkeycock MountainSW 236°505 m19.4 mi
Greer KnobW 272°495 m10.9 mi
Board MountainNW 312°451 m24.2 mi
Orchard KnobWSW 238°436 m25.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5920:0320:41
September equinox07:0618:4219:16
December solstice07:2816:2517:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363846556371767468564639
Precip in4.22.84.03.94.54.24.24.15.03.53.53.8

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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