Gay Mountain
Gay Mountain rises to 406 m in Virginia. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Creek Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49031220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 406 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 14.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 9 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Calf Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- McCormick Gap Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Creek Park: 1.5 mi
- Biscuit Run Park: 5.8 mi
- Azalea Park: 7.4 mi
- Longwood Park: 7.7 mi
- Fry's Spring Beach Club: 7.8 mi
- Ammonett Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cook Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Dudley Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Tom Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 3.6 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 6.8 mi
- Mountain Man: 7.1 mi
- Bear Statue: 7.2 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 8.1 mi
- George Welsh: 8.4 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 8.1 mi
- Graveyard Site: 8.2 mi
- Locust Hill: 8.4 mi
- Kitty Foster Cemetery: 8.8 mi
- Kitty Foster Homestead: 8.8 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 7.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 8.0 mi
- Student Garden: 8.6 mi
- Keunen Garden: 9.5 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 9.5 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 9.2 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 9.5 mi
- Michie Tavern: 9.6 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 9.8 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 10.1 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 6.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 11.6 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 11.8 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 12.4 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 14.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 14.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 15.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 16.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 16.7 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 16.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 17.1 mi
- Dripping Rock: 17.3 mi
- Coiner Spring: 18.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 18.9 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 19.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 9.2 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 9.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 17.3 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.6 mi
- Endless View Farms: 20.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 17.1 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 20.4 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 20.9 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 21.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 23.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 12.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 21.0 mi
- Canada: 8.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Gay Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | W 263° | 726 m | 6.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 276° | 722 m | 5.9 mi |
| Massies Mountain | W 263° | 657 m | 8.2 mi |
| Moses Mountain | W 272° | 590 m | 6.7 mi |
| Walnut Top | WSW 244° | 572 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WSW 255° | 571 m | 11.0 mi |
| Archer Mountain | WSW 251° | 566 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mill Mountain | W 264° | 563 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492989 — Gay Mountain, Albemarle County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581855
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 10 mi
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