Miners Mountain
Miners Mountain rises to 383 m in Virginia. Terrapin Mountain stands 1,062 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter Creek Recreation Area, a park 3.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050544, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 383 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 12 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Monacan Park: 5.7 mi
- Peaks View Park: 10.1 mi
- Terrapin Mtn Race Start/Finish: 10.2 mi
- Knick Field: 10.5 mi
- Potato Hill: 3.4 mi
- Love Lady Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Gun Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Hamilton Knob: 4.7 mi
- Tobacco Row Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 7.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 10.1 mi
- Odd Tree: 10.3 mi
- Even Post: 10.3 mi
- Riverside Pool: 10.5 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 8.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 8.4 mi
- Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College: 10.3 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 10.6 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 10.8 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 10.6 mi
- Olympic Runner: 12.2 mi
- Mayor: 12.3 mi
- Piano: 12.3 mi
- LYH LOVES YOU: 12.6 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 9.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 10.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 11.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 11.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 12.0 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 10.5 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 10.5 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 10.7 mi
- Point of Honor: 12.2 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 12.3 mi
- Marble Spring: 8.7 mi
- Hunting Spring: 10.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 10.0 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 14.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 11.2 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 11.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.4 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 18.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 10.1 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 14.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 15.9 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 17.5 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 18.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.9 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Miners Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrapin Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,062 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,015 m | 7.8 mi |
| Highcock Knob | W 272° | 931 m | 8.8 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | NW 310° | 910 m | 7.9 mi |
| Silas Knob | NW 324° | 904 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | E 86° | 876 m | 4.9 mi |
| High Peak | E 86° | 876 m | 4.9 mi |
| Highco Mountain | NNW 348° | 868 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg #2, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485490 — Miners Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573318
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 13 mi
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