Lonesome Mountain
Lonesome Mountain rises to 400 m in Virginia. Peters Mountain stands 550 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Broadhead Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 400 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 8 mi
- Loft Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Bacon Hollow Overlook · 22 mi
- Sandy Bottom Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oval Park: 5.4 mi
- Griffen Park: 5.7 mi
- Pen Park: 5.8 mi
- Darden Towe Park: 5.8 mi
- Village Green: 5.9 mi
- Broadhead Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Hightop: 1.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 6.7 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 8.3 mi
- November 13, 2022 Memorial Tree and Plaque: 8.6 mi
- University of Virginia Historic Marker: 8.8 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 5.9 mi
- Speech Stump: 6.0 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 7.1 mi
- Looking for Ice: 7.2 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 7.2 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 6.9 mi
- West Lawn: 6.9 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 7.0 mi
- CATS Grove: 7.0 mi
- Monticello: 6.9 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 7.1 mi
- Michie Tavern: 7.5 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 7.5 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 7.9 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 8.1 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 11.4 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 15.6 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 19.9 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 19.9 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 8.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 9.8 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 10.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 10.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 10.7 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 22.0 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 22.0 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 22.3 mi
- South River Falls: 23.0 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 24.8 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 14.8 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 23.1 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 7.5 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 8.4 mi
- Canada: 8.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Lonesome Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Mountain | NE 41° | 550 m | 5.3 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | NW 318° | 533 m | 17.2 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | WSW 243° | 490 m | 14.4 mi |
| Carters Mountain | SW 231° | 477 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pigeon Top Mountain | WNW 289° | 477 m | 16.4 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | NE 41° | 458 m | 6.2 mi |
| Wolfpit Mountain | WSW 237° | 454 m | 3.3 mi |
| Hightop | NNE 15° | 445 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1469750 — Lonesome Mountain, Albemarle County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356563041
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 7 mi
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