Little Friar
Little Friar rises to 880 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the north, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is The Friar, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044912, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 880 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 5 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 8 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 9 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Friar: 0.8 mi
- Page Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Dismal Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Doefoot Mountain: 2.3 mi
- The Cardinal: 2.7 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 14.9 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 18.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 18.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 18.2 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- Laurel Park: 13.1 mi
- Penny Park: 13.7 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 14.3 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 15.6 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 12.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 12.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 13.3 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 14.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 13.5 mi
- Peristyle: 13.6 mi
- George Washington: 18.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 18.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 18.3 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 4.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 5.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 6.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 5.4 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 6.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 13.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 18.7 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 22.3 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 22.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 22.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 23.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 23.3 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 23.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 12.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 14.2 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 21.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 10.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 11.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 16.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 23.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 16.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Little Friar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | N 349° | 1,232 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | WSW 259° | 1,232 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pompey Peak | W 264° | 1,229 m | 3.5 mi |
| The Priest | NNE 28° | 1,227 m | 4.8 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NW 318° | 1,226 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WSW 251° | 1,223 m | 3.9 mi |
| Three Ridges | NE 44° | 1,210 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | W 264° | 1,197 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356572934
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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