Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 395 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49045261, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 395 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 29.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 8 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 11 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 11 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Little Friar: 3.1 mi
- Page Mountain: 3.4 mi
- The Friar: 3.6 mi
- Scott Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 16.8 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 21.0 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 21.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 21.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 13.0 mi
- Coolwell Park: 15.1 mi
- Laurel Park: 15.7 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 16.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 10.9 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 12.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 12.0 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 12.5 mi
- Knight Statue: 16.2 mi
- Peristyle: 16.2 mi
- George Washington: 21.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 21.2 mi
- George C. Marshall: 21.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 7.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 8.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 8.6 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 21.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 22.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.3 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 22.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 8.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 10.9 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 21.4 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 21.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 10.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 12.6 mi
- James River at Wingina: 19.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 11.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 13.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 13.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 15.0 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 15.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,232 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | W 271° | 1,232 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pompey Peak | W 281° | 1,229 m | 6.2 mi |
| The Priest | N 356° | 1,227 m | 5.8 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NW 311° | 1,226 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 273° | 1,223 m | 6.4 mi |
| Three Ridges | NNE 25° | 1,210 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cole Mountain | W 277° | 1,197 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1484939 — Little Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356572950
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 23 mi
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