Gun Mountain
Gun Mountain rises to 432 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Love Lady Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034310, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 432 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 27.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 11 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Love Lady Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tobacco Row Mountain: 2.5 mi
- High Peak: 2.5 mi
- Shady Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Miners Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Monacan Park: 6.9 mi
- Coolwell Park: 9.0 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 9.7 mi
- Laurel Park: 11.7 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 8.3 mi
- Riverside Pool: 11.0 mi
- Odd Tree: 11.0 mi
- Even Post: 11.0 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 11.1 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 5.3 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 5.3 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 7.7 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 8.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 12.4 mi
- Peristyle: 12.5 mi
- Piano: 12.8 mi
- Mayor: 12.8 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 12.9 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 10.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 10.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 12.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 12.4 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 12.7 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 11.0 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 11.0 mi
- Point of Honor: 12.6 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 13.0 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 13.0 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 10.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 11.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 11.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 12.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 13.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 10.4 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 12.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 8.8 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 21.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 23.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 20.3 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Gun Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | N 359° | 1,232 m | 10.2 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | N 9° | 1,034 m | 10.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 355° | 1,025 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NW 304° | 1,015 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | NNE 19° | 946 m | 10.4 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | WNW 287° | 910 m | 9.8 mi |
| Silas Knob | WNW 297° | 904 m | 8.7 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | N 359° | 888 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356562138
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 13 mi
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