High Peak
High Peak rises to 876 m in Virginia. Little Rocky Mountain stands 1,034 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobacco Row Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 876 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 30.0 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 14 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monacan Park: 5.3 mi
- Coolwell Park: 6.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 7.2 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Peaks View Park: 10.1 mi
- Riverside Pool: 8.8 mi
- Odd Tree: 8.9 mi
- Even Post: 8.9 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 8.9 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 10.3 mi
- Tobacco Row Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Gun Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Love Lady Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 3.5 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 3.5 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 5.7 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 6.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 7.7 mi
- Piano: 10.5 mi
- Mayor: 10.6 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 10.7 mi
- Lynchbug: 10.7 mi
- Olympic Runner: 10.9 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 8.8 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 8.8 mi
- Point of Honor: 10.4 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 10.9 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 10.9 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 8.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 8.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 9.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 10.2 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 10.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 13.4 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 13.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 14.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 10.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 12.1 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 11.2 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lace Falls: 20.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 22.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 24.4 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 24.1 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 18.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of High Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rocky Mountain | N 360° | 1,034 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NW 307° | 1,015 m | 10.8 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | N 9° | 946 m | 11.8 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | WNW 293° | 910 m | 12.0 mi |
| Silas Knob | WNW 302° | 904 m | 11.1 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | N 351° | 888 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | N 0° | 876 m | 0.0 mi |
| Highco Mountain | NW 323° | 868 m | 11.5 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 | 19:15 |
| 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468014 — High Peak, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562313
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 11 mi
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