Long Drive Mountain
Long Drive Mountain rises to 1,014 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49046329, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1014 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 4 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Big Spy Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Spy Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cellar Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 11.0 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 15.9 mi
- Rife Park: 16.1 mi
- Statler Brothers: 16.9 mi
- Augusta County: 16.9 mi
- Cannon: 17.5 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 18.7 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 12.1 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 15.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 16.4 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 16.6 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 16.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 8.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.2 mi
- Flower Pots: 16.8 mi
- Watering Can: 16.8 mi
- Staunton: 16.9 mi
- Chodo IX: 17.1 mi
- Peristyle: 17.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 12.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 14.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 16.2 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 4.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 16.4 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 17.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 19.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 1.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 3.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 16.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.5 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 16.8 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 17.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 17.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 13.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 18.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Long Drive Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | S 182° | 1,232 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pompey Peak | SSW 194° | 1,229 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Priest | SSE 153° | 1,227 m | 6.8 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,226 m | 7.0 mi |
| Three Ridges | ESE 115° | 1,210 m | 8.1 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 86° | 1,172 m | 9.0 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 86° | 1,172 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Priest | SSE 161° | 1,133 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581960
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