Garnet Peak
Garnet Peak rises to 606 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49031121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 606 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 2 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Peak: 0.5 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Paxton Peak: 1.8 mi
- Highco Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 5.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.1 mi
- Laurel Park: 0.7 mi
- Penny Park: 1.3 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 1.9 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 3.7 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 1.3 mi
- Peristyle: 1.3 mi
- George Washington: 7.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.1 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.6 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 6.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 7.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 7.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 9.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 9.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 12.6 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 13.0 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 13.3 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 21.0 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 22.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 23.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 23.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.9 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.1 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lace Falls: 14.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.3 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 18.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Garnet Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 84° | 1,232 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 79° | 1,197 m | 6.9 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | E 82° | 1,061 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 85° | 1,034 m | 7.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 80° | 1,025 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | S 191° | 1,015 m | 5.0 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSW 207° | 910 m | 7.5 mi |
| Silas Knob | SSW 197° | 904 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581853
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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