Mine Bank Mountain
Mine Bank Mountain rises to 1,063 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Mary's Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mine Bank Mountain is a 3,488-foot (1,063 m) peak in the U.S. state of Virginia, in the Saint Mary's Wilderness near the Blue Ridge Parkway. The mountain was the site of the 2023 Virginia plane crash, which struck 300 feet (100 m) below the peak, killing all four on board. The mountain is named for nearby manganese-iron ore mines. Hikes up the mountain can be accomplished on the Mine Bank Trail, a 10-mile (16 km) loop, with a trailhead on the Blue Ridge Parkway (37°54.682′N 79°05.202′W).
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Wikidata Q49050409, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1063 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 3 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Drive Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Knob of Rocks: 1.4 mi
- Cellar Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 12.0 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 14.6 mi
- Rife Park: 14.8 mi
- Statler Brothers: 15.9 mi
- Augusta County: 16.0 mi
- Cannon: 16.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.2 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.9 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 15.3 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 15.4 mi
- Historic Staunton Foundation: 16.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hickory Spring: 7.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 8.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.0 mi
- Flower Pots: 15.9 mi
- Watering Can: 15.9 mi
- Staunton: 16.0 mi
- Chodo IX: 16.2 mi
- Peristyle: 18.4 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 4.8 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 16.0 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 21.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 14.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 15.3 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 21.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 0.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 17.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 2.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.3 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 24.2 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 24.3 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 17.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 16.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 12.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Mine Bank Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | S 191° | 1,232 m | 6.2 mi |
| The Priest | SSE 163° | 1,227 m | 7.1 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,226 m | 8.1 mi |
| Three Ridges | ESE 123° | 1,210 m | 7.6 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 91° | 1,172 m | 7.9 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 91° | 1,172 m | 7.9 mi |
| Little Priest | S 169° | 1,133 m | 8.2 mi |
| Spy Rock | S 190° | 1,128 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485483 — Mine Bank Mountain, Augusta County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573316
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