Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 772 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Fletcher Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49030001, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 772 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 5 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fletcher Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Glenn Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Burks Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Panther Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 6.7 mi
- Penny Park: 7.3 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 7.8 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 9.7 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 7.6 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 12.8 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.8 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 12.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 10.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 10.9 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.9 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 13.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 7.3 mi
- Peristyle: 7.3 mi
- George Washington: 12.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.9 mi
- George C. Marshall: 12.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 12.5 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 13.1 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 16.3 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 17.6 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 18.2 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 18.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 20.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 20.4 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 20.6 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 2.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 3.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 3.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 2.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 13.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 19.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 23.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | N 359° | 1,232 m | 2.0 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NE 46° | 1,229 m | 4.3 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,226 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 54° | 1,223 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,197 m | 3.0 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NE 35° | 1,061 m | 3.1 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,049 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NE 41° | 1,034 m | 2.7 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 | 19:16 |
| 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571729
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 21 mi
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