Larkin Mountain
Larkin Mountain rises to 285 m in Virginia. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Amherst Wayside, a park 2.0 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49043521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 285 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 20.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 23 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 24 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Cove Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Turner Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Strode Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 13.2 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 13.2 mi
- Point of Honor: 13.2 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 13.2 mi
- Point of Honor Monument: 13.2 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 2.0 mi
- Coolwell Park: 7.3 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 7.4 mi
- Civitan Park: 12.2 mi
- Riveredge Park: 13.1 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 6.5 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 7.2 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 7.5 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 9.9 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 9.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 13.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 13.2 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 13.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 13.7 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 13.8 mi
- Lynchbug: 13.2 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 13.2 mi
- LOVE: 13.3 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 13.4 mi
- Piano: 13.4 mi
- Point of Honor: 13.2 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 13.3 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 13.4 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 13.8 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 14.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 13.8 mi
- James River at Wingina: 14.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 19.0 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 20.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 20.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 20.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 22.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 22.6 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 17.6 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 20.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 21.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Larkin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | W 279° | 876 m | 13.2 mi |
| High Peak | W 279° | 876 m | 13.2 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 321° | 712 m | 16.3 mi |
| Shady Mountain | WNW 297° | 687 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pierce Mountain | NW 315° | 614 m | 16.5 mi |
| Naked Mountain | NNE 23° | 607 m | 16.3 mi |
| Page Mountain | NNW 328° | 603 m | 16.8 mi |
| Peebles Mountain | NNE 19° | 556 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493178 — Larkin Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581932
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 13 mi
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