Forge Mountain
Forge Mountain rises to 905 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 905 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 16 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coopers Knob: 1.0 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Butt: 1.7 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Big Butt: 1.8 mi
- Maury Monument: 1.5 mi
- Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District: 7.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 8.9 mi
- Morgan Park: 9.6 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 2.9 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Liberty Hall Ruins: 9.3 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 9.6 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 9.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 7.7 mi
- Cockran Spring: 16.3 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 17.2 mi
- Rocky Spring: 17.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.9 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 10.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 18.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 19.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 20.3 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 20.7 mi
- George C. Marshall: 9.7 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 9.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.7 mi
- George Washington: 9.7 mi
- Peristyle: 14.7 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Lake Robertson: 10.7 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 18.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 20.7 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 9.6 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 9.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.0 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.0 mi
- Bath County Historical Society: 18.6 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 18.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 18.5 mi
- Stony Run Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lace Falls: 20.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.7 mi
- Byrd Point: 19.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 3.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 11.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Forge Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,111 m | 7.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,088 m | 9.4 mi |
| Big Butt | S 174° | 1,053 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little House Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,032 m | 7.6 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | W 267° | 1,003 m | 2.3 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,002 m | 4.3 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge | NNW 342° | 998 m | 11.0 mi |
| Dale Mountain | WSW 238° | 991 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:21 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571726
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