Kentucky Mountain
Kentucky Mountain rises to 389 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Monacan Ancestral Museum, a museum 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49041264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 389 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 15 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coolwell Park: 4.4 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 5.3 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 8.2 mi
- Monacan Park: 8.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 11.0 mi
- Paul Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Strode Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Riverside Pool: 10.2 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 10.2 mi
- Even Post: 10.4 mi
- Odd Tree: 10.4 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 11.1 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 1.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 1.1 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 2.1 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 2.1 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Piano: 11.4 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 11.4 mi
- Lynchbug: 11.4 mi
- Mayor: 11.6 mi
- "TOGETHER WE THRIVE": 11.7 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 10.1 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 10.1 mi
- Point of Honor: 11.2 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 12.0 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 12.0 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 10.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 10.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 10.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 11.0 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 11.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.9 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 13.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 15.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 11.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 11.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 19.9 mi
- Panther Falls: 13.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 22.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 23.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 24.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 24.7 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.0 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 19.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Kentucky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 331° | 1,232 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NNW 345° | 1,229 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 343° | 1,223 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,197 m | 12.9 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,061 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,034 m | 12.0 mi |
| The Friar | N 1° | 1,007 m | 13.1 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | NNW 346° | 946 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468966 — Kentucky Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562741
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 12 mi
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