High Top Mountain
High Top Mountain rises to 678 m in Virginia. The Priest stands 1,227 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortune's Cove Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 678 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 9 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 10 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mills Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Woods Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pats Knob: 1.2 mi
- White Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.8 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 16.5 mi
- Simpson Park: 16.8 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 17.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 2.4 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.0 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 11.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 16.7 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 18.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 9.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 14.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 1.1 mi
- James River at Wingina: 15.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 15.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 19.2 mi
- Mirador: 18.0 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 22.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 23.4 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 24.5 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 24.5 mi
- Knight Statue: 24.8 mi
- Peristyle: 24.8 mi
- Mountain Man: 24.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 24.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 11.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 22.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 2.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 10.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 15.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 5.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 22.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 7.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of High Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priest | W 280° | 1,227 m | 8.8 mi |
| Three Ridges | NW 314° | 1,210 m | 6.1 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,172 m | 8.6 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNW 341° | 1,172 m | 8.7 mi |
| Little Priest | W 272° | 1,133 m | 9.2 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | N 1° | 1,099 m | 10.4 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,050 m | 7.8 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 307° | 974 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583634
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
- Lynchburg · 30 mi
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