Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 998 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Crabtree Falls, a attraction 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030008, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 998 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 3 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Copelands Rocks: 2.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Long Drive Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 10.8 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 13.5 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 16.3 mi
- Rife Park: 16.4 mi
- Statler Brothers: 18.9 mi
- Augusta County: 19.0 mi
- Cannon: 19.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 20.1 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 10.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 13.5 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 17.0 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 17.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.0 mi
- Hickory Spring: 7.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 17.4 mi
- Peristyle: 17.4 mi
- Flower Pots: 18.9 mi
- Watering Can: 18.9 mi
- Staunton: 19.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 10.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 18.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 22.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 1.6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 13.5 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.8 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 20.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 2.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 4.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 16.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.5 mi
- Trinity Point: 23.0 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 18.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 19.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 20.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 14.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SW 216° | 1,232 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pompey Peak | SSW 209° | 1,229 m | 9.5 mi |
| The Priest | SSE 164° | 1,227 m | 3.9 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SW 227° | 1,226 m | 6.2 mi |
| Three Ridges | ESE 102° | 1,210 m | 5.4 mi |
| Devils Knob | ENE 67° | 1,172 m | 7.5 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,172 m | 7.5 mi |
| Little Priest | S 174° | 1,133 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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/356583834
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