Glenn Mountain
Glenn Mountain rises to 493 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Burks Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49031676, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 493 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 5 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burks Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sut Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Panther Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Fletcher Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 6.9 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 12.3 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 13.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 13.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Laurel Park: 6.9 mi
- Penny Park: 7.5 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 8.0 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 10.0 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 9.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 9.8 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 12.1 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 12.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 7.6 mi
- Peristyle: 7.6 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 12.8 mi
- George Washington: 13.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 13.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 13.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.7 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 15.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 17.0 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 18.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 19.1 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 19.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 4.0 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.9 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 5.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 8.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 12.5 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 18.9 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.0 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 22.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Glenn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | N 3° | 1,232 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NE 37° | 1,229 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 41° | 1,223 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,197 m | 4.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,061 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,034 m | 4.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 351° | 1,025 m | 3.7 mi |
| The Cardinal | NE 36° | 1,023 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1483671 — Glenn Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356571885
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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