Long Mountain
Long Mountain rises to 635 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 635 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 3 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 4 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Fletcher Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Glenn Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Park: 5.1 mi
- Penny Park: 5.7 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 6.3 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 8.2 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 6.4 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 11.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 11.4 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 11.4 mi
- Knight Statue: 5.7 mi
- Peristyle: 5.7 mi
- George Washington: 11.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.4 mi
- George C. Marshall: 11.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 11.4 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 11.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 11.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.3 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 15.2 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 16.1 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 18.6 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 19.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 20.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 20.9 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 21.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 3.2 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.1 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.6 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.0 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 14.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.1 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
- Lace Falls: 17.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 20.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Long Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 40° | 1,232 m | 2.4 mi |
| Pompey Peak | ENE 59° | 1,229 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ENE 67° | 1,223 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NE 45° | 1,197 m | 3.6 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NE 55° | 1,061 m | 4.1 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NE 42° | 1,049 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,034 m | 3.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,025 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581962
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 22 mi
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