Lowry Peak
Lowry Peak rises to 587 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is LIttle Pinnacle, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49047085, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 587 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 4 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- LIttle Pinnacle: 0.6 mi
- Target Hill: 1.1 mi
- Paxton Peak: 1.3 mi
- Moore Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Roundtop: 2.0 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Park: 2.7 mi
- Penny Park: 2.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 4.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 6.5 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 2.6 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 6.1 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.6 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 7.7 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Knight Statue: 3.1 mi
- Peristyle: 3.1 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 6.5 mi
- George Washington: 7.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.7 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.5 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.7 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 19.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 20.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 21.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 21.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.4 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 10.0 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 10.0 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 11.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 8.9 mi
- Marble Spring: 9.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 9.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 10.1 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 10.1 mi
- Lake Robertson: 15.5 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.0 mi
- Lace Falls: 11.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 15.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 19.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 21.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Lowry Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 68° | 1,232 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,197 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,034 m | 9.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,025 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,015 m | 2.6 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSW 200° | 910 m | 4.5 mi |
| Silas Knob | S 180° | 904 m | 3.2 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | ENE 77° | 888 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493233 — Lowry Peak, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581966
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 23 mi
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