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High Top

High Top, seen from above at true elevation

High Top rises to 557 m in Virginia. Bucks Elbow Mountain stands 964 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Arm Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Skyline Drive passes 8.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49036431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
557 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.96264, -78.70530

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Walnut Creek Park: 6.4 mi
  • Playground: 6.8 mi
  • Cove Creek Park: 6.9 mi
  • Claudius Crozet Park: 7.1 mi
  • Beaver Creek Park: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 37
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 19
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 13
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Monocan Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 5: 20.5 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 4: 20.9 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 3: 21.5 mi
Springs: 7
Attractions: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Nelson County Wayside: 10.1 mi
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bucks Elbow MountainNNW 348°964 m10.0 mi
Calf MountainNNW 333°908 m9.3 mi
Bear Den MountainNW 325°879 m8.8 mi
Scott MountainNW 316°842 m9.2 mi
Elk MountainWNW 288°780 m10.1 mi
Heard MountainSW 219°726 m2.9 mi
Castle RockSW 234°722 m1.5 mi
Massies MountainSW 234°657 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5320:0220:41
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:2816:1816:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556371757367564638
Precip in3.52.83.93.34.34.84.53.45.13.73.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Free Union, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356581899

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