Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 261 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Mountain, a peak 3.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49037382, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 261 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 19 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 20 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thomas Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Piney Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Monasco Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Simpson Park: 10.4 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.6 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 12.6 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 13.5 mi
- Dorrier Park: 14.0 mi
- James River at Wingina: 5.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.0 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 14.2 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 16.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 5.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 8.9 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 14.1 mi
- Housewright House: 14.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 15.3 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 21.0 mi
- Mirador: 22.4 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 23.5 mi
- Raine Monument: 23.6 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 22.4 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 23.8 mi
- James Monroe: 23.9 mi
- James Monroe: 23.9 mi
- Mountain Man: 24.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 8.9 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 21.6 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 23.5 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 23.7 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 19.3 mi
- Dripping Rock: 19.6 mi
- Hickory Spring: 19.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 24.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 10.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 22.3 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 24.2 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 24.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 15.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | NW 314° | 741 m | 13.1 mi |
| White Mountain | NW 308° | 720 m | 13.0 mi |
| High Top Mountain | WNW 302° | 678 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 314° | 677 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pats Knob | WNW 300° | 660 m | 12.5 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WNW 296° | 607 m | 6.5 mi |
| Walnut Top | N 356° | 572 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NNW 340° | 571 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468266 — Horse Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562442
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 26 mi
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