Galts Mill Mountain
Galts Mill Mountain rises to 293 m in Virginia. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030973, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 293 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 18.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 25 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Athos: 2.6 mi
- Turner Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Paradise Hill: 3.8 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 5.4 mi
- Luke Jordan, Blues Pioneer: 5.7 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 5.7 mi
- Supplying Lee's Army: 5.7 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 5.8 mi
- Civitan Park: 4.3 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 4.9 mi
- Percival's Island Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Riveredge Park: 5.5 mi
- Riverfront Park: 5.6 mi
- Amazement Square: 5.7 mi
- Lynchburg Museum: 6.0 mi
- Legacy Museum of African American History: 6.5 mi
- Anne Spencer House: 6.7 mi
- Pest House Medical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 5.9 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 6.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 6.0 mi
- Diamond Hill Center Garden: 6.3 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 6.5 mi
- LOVE: 5.6 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 5.7 mi
- Lynchbug: 5.7 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 5.7 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 5.8 mi
- Point of Honor: 5.8 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 6.7 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 6.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 6.9 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 6.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 23.0 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 23.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 23.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 23.6 mi
- Hunting Spring: 24.4 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 6.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.0 mi
- James River at Wingina: 22.1 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 11.0 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 12.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Galts Mill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NW 316° | 876 m | 11.7 mi |
| High Peak | NW 316° | 876 m | 11.7 mi |
| No Business Mountain | W 276° | 837 m | 18.5 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NNW 334° | 760 m | 19.2 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | W 277° | 712 m | 16.8 mi |
| Shady Mountain | NNW 332° | 687 m | 13.7 mi |
| Banks Mountain | NW 323° | 657 m | 18.7 mi |
| Fleming Mountain | W 273° | 645 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583590
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 6 mi
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