Heard Mountain
Heard Mountain rises to 726 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Moses Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49035753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 726 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 9 mi
- Afton Overlook · 9 mi
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 9 mi
- Rockfish Valley Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moses Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Boaz Mountains: 1.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.6 mi
- Massies Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 4.6 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 7.9 mi
- Playground: 9.2 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 9.6 mi
- Simpson Park: 10.8 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Man: 12.1 mi
- Bear Statue: 12.2 mi
- George Welsh: 14.1 mi
- IN-trospection: 14.3 mi
- Mirador: 7.3 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 10.9 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 11.7 mi
- Locust Hill: 12.0 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 9.2 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 9.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 12.2 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 12.6 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 12.9 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 11.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 12.9 mi
- Student Garden: 14.2 mi
- Keunen Garden: 14.8 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 14.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 10.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.7 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 12.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 10.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.8 mi
- Hickory Spring: 12.4 mi
- Coiner Spring: 13.5 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 17.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 7.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 22.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 22.5 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 22.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 23.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.2 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 15.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 15.8 mi
- Apple Cannon: 17.9 mi
- Endless View Farms: 18.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.3 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.0 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 20.8 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 21.5 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 21.1 mi
- Canada: 14.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Heard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback Mountain | W 279° | 1,099 m | 8.8 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | WNW 284° | 949 m | 9.1 mi |
| Crawford Knob | W 268° | 918 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | NNW 341° | 879 m | 10.0 mi |
| Scott Mountain | NNW 333° | 842 m | 10.0 mi |
| Dobie Mountain | WNW 291° | 820 m | 9.0 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NW 304° | 780 m | 9.5 mi |
| Afton Mountain | NW 308° | 737 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581891
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 16 mi
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