Lost Mountain
Lost Mountain rises to 233 m in Virginia. Bluff Mountain stands 1,066 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex, a park 3.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49046939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 233 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 16 mi
- The Point Overlook · 16 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex: 3.4 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 3.5 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 3.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 3.7 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 4.4 mi
- Hume Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Thorofare Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Round Head: 6.6 mi
- Yager Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Tippets Mountain: 7.0 mi
- South River Falls: 16.1 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 16.3 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 16.9 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 17.0 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 17.0 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 9.3 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 9.4 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 9.5 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- James Madison Museum: 7.9 mi
- Montpelier: 7.9 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 13.6 mi
- Lions Glasses: 14.3 mi
- LOVE: 14.3 mi
- Speech Stump: 23.4 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 23.8 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 24.4 mi
- Lewis Spring: 18.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 18.3 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 18.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 18.9 mi
- Furnace Spring: 20.7 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 8.0 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Louisa Downtown Garden: 23.9 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 24.0 mi
- CATS Grove: 24.2 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 16.4 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 18.3 mi
- Lake Orange: 12.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 14.3 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 22.5 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Lost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Mountain | NW 305° | 1,066 m | 13.6 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NW 309° | 1,061 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bear Church Rock | NW 310° | 925 m | 13.2 mi |
| Kirtley Mountain | WNW 294° | 788 m | 11.8 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | WNW 298° | 725 m | 12.9 mi |
| Big Tom | NW 324° | 719 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sag Top | NW 316° | 665 m | 11.2 mi |
| Utz Hightop | NW 315° | 643 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerset, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495875 — Lost Mountain, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583689
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 18 mi
- Charlottesville · 25 mi
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