High Peak
High Peak rises to 471 m in Virginia. Three Ridges stands 1,210 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Naked Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 471 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 26.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 14 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 15 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Naked Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Edge Hill: 1.3 mi
- Peebles Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Welsh Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.6 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 14.0 mi
- Simpson Park: 14.3 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 18.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 3.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 8.3 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 10.4 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 15.8 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 18.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 5.2 mi
- James River at Wingina: 9.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 18.9 mi
- Hickory Spring: 14.4 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 14.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 14.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.6 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 18.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 14.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 19.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 24.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 3.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 19.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Mirador: 20.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.9 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of High Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Ridges | NW 316° | 1,210 m | 11.3 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 312° | 974 m | 11.2 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | NNW 334° | 741 m | 7.7 mi |
| White Mountain | NW 325° | 720 m | 7.1 mi |
| High Top Mountain | NW 318° | 678 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 20° | 677 m | 3.0 mi |
| Pats Knob | NW 311° | 660 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bolton Mountain | NW 321° | 649 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586748
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
- Lynchburg · 28 mi
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