Little Piney Mountain
Little Piney Mountain rises to 296 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 296 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 26.9 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 15 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 16 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Monasco Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Ball Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Thomas Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 8.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 11.0 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 12.7 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 14.4 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 14.6 mi
- Mirador: 20.0 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 22.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 23.5 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 23.6 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 22.4 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 22.8 mi
- Mountain Man: 23.1 mi
- Bear Statue: 23.2 mi
- James Monroe: 23.9 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 5.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 5.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.9 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 15.8 mi
- Housewright House: 18.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 7.5 mi
- James River at Wingina: 8.1 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 15.8 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 19.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 15.9 mi
- Hickory Spring: 16.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 16.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 20.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 22.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 5.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 18.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 22.6 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 23.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 18.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.2 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 23.3 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 23.4 mi
- Student Garden: 24.5 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 12.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Canada: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Little Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | NW 314° | 741 m | 9.6 mi |
| Heard Mountain | N 8° | 726 m | 12.9 mi |
| White Mountain | NW 306° | 720 m | 9.5 mi |
| High Top Mountain | WNW 297° | 678 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 315° | 677 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pats Knob | WNW 295° | 660 m | 9.1 mi |
| Massies Mountain | N 1° | 657 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bolton Mountain | NW 307° | 649 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356562987
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 25 mi
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