Johnson Mountain
Johnson Mountain rises to 405 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hogan's Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Campbell County, Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q49040078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 405 m
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Headforemost Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Black Rock Hill Overlook · 23 mi
- Onion Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hogan's Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Moon Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Scott Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Turner Mountain: 5.6 mi
- King George Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Leonard Coleman Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- John H. Moseley Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Lees Mill Park monument: 6.4 mi
- Bedford Avenue Neighborhood Park: 6.5 mi
- Lees Mill Park: 6.5 mi
- Bethany Church: 4.4 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 6.9 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 7.1 mi
- Mansion Truss Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike: 9.1 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 6.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
- Poplar Forest Herb Garden: 12.0 mi
- Victory Garden: 13.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 16.3 mi
- Avoca Museum: 6.7 mi
- Poplar Forest Museum: 12.0 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 13.2 mi
- The Chaplains Museum: 14.7 mi
- Jerry Falwell Museum: 15.1 mi
- LOVE: 7.1 mi
- Rhinoceros: 15.3 mi
- Hayes Monument: 18.1 mi
- Hayes Hall Bell: 18.1 mi
- Olympic Runner: 18.4 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 13.5 mi
- VUL Sign: 18.1 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 18.7 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 18.7 mi
- Point of Honor: 19.8 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 16.6 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 19.4 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 23.0 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 24.3 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 12.8 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 20.4 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Johnson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NW 326° | 1,215 m | 21.7 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NW 321° | 1,167 m | 21.4 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNW 327° | 1,119 m | 21.8 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NW 321° | 1,074 m | 21.3 mi |
| No Business Mountain | N 358° | 837 m | 19.3 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NW 322° | 806 m | 22.2 mi |
| Taylors Mountain | NW 309° | 776 m | 21.6 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 3° | 712 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg Rgnl AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468800 — Johnson Mountain, Campbell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562682
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 19 mi
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