Frays Mountain
Frays Mountain rises to 244 m in Virginia. Big Flat Mountain stands 1,033 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Park, a park 2.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 244 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Loft Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Bacon Hollow Overlook · 11 mi
- Rocky Mount Overlook · 11 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bingham Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Chapman Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Green Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Dog Park: 2.7 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Park: 2.7 mi
- Brook Hill River Park: 5.9 mi
- Preddy Creek Trail Park: 6.4 mi
- Greene County Park: 7.1 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 9.9 mi
- November 13, 2022 Memorial Tree and Plaque: 10.2 mi
- The Aviator Statue - James Rogers McConnell: 10.4 mi
- University of Virginia Historic Marker: 10.5 mi
- Anatomical Theater Marker: 10.5 mi
- Down The Nile: 9.3 mi
- Speech Stump: 9.3 mi
- Moving Forward: 9.4 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 9.5 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 9.7 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 10.3 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 10.7 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 10.9 mi
- Monticello: 12.3 mi
- Michie Tavern: 12.3 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 9.3 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 9.4 mi
- Keunen Garden: 9.5 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 9.5 mi
- CATS Grove: 9.6 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 11.8 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 11.8 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 12.4 mi
- South River Falls: 13.4 mi
- Cedar Falls: 14.8 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 2.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 19.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 20.6 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 20.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 20.9 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 6.5 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 9.7 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 11.6 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 13.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 15.2 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 14.7 mi
- Elkton Spring: 16.4 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 18.7 mi
- Rockingham springs: 19.9 mi
- Lewis Spring: 23.1 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 10.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 14.3 mi
- Endless View Farms: 20.7 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.7 mi
- Fear Forest: 21.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 7.0 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 13.2 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 23.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Canada: 10.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Frays Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,033 m | 11.0 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | N 355° | 1,026 m | 12.4 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NW 319° | 1,006 m | 10.0 mi |
| Loft Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,002 m | 10.5 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | WNW 289° | 954 m | 10.5 mi |
| Roundtop | NNW 331° | 903 m | 11.0 mi |
| Weaver Mountain | NW 313° | 870 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bush Mountain | NNW 332° | 820 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582554
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 11 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 22 mi
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