Gum Mountain
Gum Mountain rises to 393 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pedlar Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 393 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 13 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coolwell Park: 7.1 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 8.0 mi
- Monacan Park: 9.5 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 10.2 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Pedlar Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Shady Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mobley Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 11.9 mi
- Riverside Pool: 12.0 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 12.1 mi
- Even Post: 12.2 mi
- Odd Tree: 12.2 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 2.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 2.8 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 4.8 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 4.8 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Piano: 13.5 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 13.5 mi
- Lynchbug: 13.6 mi
- Mayor: 13.6 mi
- "TOGETHER WE THRIVE": 13.8 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 12.0 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 12.0 mi
- Point of Honor: 13.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 14.0 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 11.8 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 12.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 12.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 13.1 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 13.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 10.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 13.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 9.2 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 13.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 19.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 10.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.0 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 22.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 22.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.3 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 21.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 23.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Gum Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 332° | 1,232 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pompey Peak | N 351° | 1,229 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 348° | 1,223 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,197 m | 10.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,061 m | 9.8 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,034 m | 9.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,025 m | 10.6 mi |
| The Cardinal | N 358° | 1,023 m | 11.6 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 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499511 — Gum Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586742
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 14 mi
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