Hightop
Hightop rises to 445 m in Virginia. Peters Mountain stands 550 m to the northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Broadhead Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036475, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 445 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 9 mi
- Loft Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Bacon Hollow Overlook · 21 mi
- Sandy Bottom Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Griffen Park: 6.0 mi
- Oval Park: 6.1 mi
- Village Green: 6.2 mi
- Pen Park: 6.3 mi
- Darden Towe Park: 6.5 mi
- Broadhead Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Lonesome Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Castle Hill: 2.5 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 7.5 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 7.7 mi
- November 13, 2022 Memorial Tree and Plaque: 9.2 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 9.3 mi
- University of Virginia Historic Marker: 9.4 mi
- Speech Stump: 6.6 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 6.6 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 7.8 mi
- Looking for Ice: 7.8 mi
- The Biker: 8.0 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 7.4 mi
- CATS Grove: 7.5 mi
- The Grove: 7.6 mi
- West Lawn: 7.8 mi
- Monticello: 7.8 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 8.0 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 8.2 mi
- Michie Tavern: 8.3 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 8.6 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 8.2 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 12.0 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 16.7 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 19.5 mi
- Lake Orange: 20.1 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 7.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 10.8 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 11.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 11.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 11.7 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 21.7 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 21.7 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 22.1 mi
- South River Falls: 22.1 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 24.0 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 13.8 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 22.9 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 8.2 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 9.4 mi
- Canada: 9.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Hightop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Mountain | NE 47° | 550 m | 4.3 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | NW 315° | 533 m | 16.6 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | WSW 239° | 490 m | 15.2 mi |
| Carters Mountain | SW 228° | 477 m | 10.7 mi |
| Pigeon Top Mountain | WNW 285° | 477 m | 16.3 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | NE 47° | 458 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wolfpit Mountain | SW 227° | 454 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 215° | 442 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356562328
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 8 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 29 mi
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