Massies Mountain
Massies Mountain rises to 657 m in Virginia. Potatopatch Mountain stands 1,172 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Heard Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49048248, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 657 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 7 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Rockfish Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Afton Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heard Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Moses Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Archer Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Boaz Mountains: 2.5 mi
- Walnut Top: 2.7 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 9.5 mi
- Playground: 9.8 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 10.4 mi
- Rife Park: 11.6 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 13.1 mi
- Mountain Man: 13.6 mi
- Bear Statue: 13.6 mi
- George Welsh: 15.6 mi
- IN-trospection: 15.8 mi
- Mirador: 7.5 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 11.9 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 12.9 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 13.0 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 7.7 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 10.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 11.2 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 11.8 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 12.1 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 12.4 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 14.4 mi
- Student Garden: 15.7 mi
- Keunen Garden: 16.3 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 16.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 10.5 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 11.1 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 13.7 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 17.2 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.0 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.2 mi
- Hickory Spring: 10.8 mi
- Coiner Spring: 12.5 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 16.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 11.2 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 17.3 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 17.3 mi
- Apple Cannon: 17.6 mi
- Endless View Farms: 17.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 5.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 23.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 24.1 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 24.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.5 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 21.2 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 22.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 6.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 21.5 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 10.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 24.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 24.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Canada: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Massies Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potatopatch Mountain | W 266° | 1,172 m | 10.2 mi |
| Devils Knob | W 266° | 1,172 m | 10.2 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,099 m | 7.3 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | W 262° | 1,050 m | 9.3 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | WNW 288° | 949 m | 7.6 mi |
| Crawford Knob | W 269° | 918 m | 7.1 mi |
| Dripping Rock | W 276° | 913 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | N 350° | 879 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356573149
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 17 mi
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