Mobley Mountain
Mobley Mountain rises to 403 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 403 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 13 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 13 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scott Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Gum Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pedlar Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Shady Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Coolwell Park: 7.8 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 8.7 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 9.3 mi
- Monacan Park: 11.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.6 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 13.2 mi
- Riverside Pool: 13.5 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 13.5 mi
- Even Post: 13.7 mi
- Odd Tree: 13.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 4.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 4.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 5.2 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 5.2 mi
- Piano: 14.8 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 14.9 mi
- Lynchbug: 14.9 mi
- Mayor: 15.0 mi
- "TOGETHER WE THRIVE": 15.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.0 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 13.5 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 13.5 mi
- Point of Honor: 14.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 13.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 13.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 14.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 14.4 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 14.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 9.9 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 12.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.7 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 8.7 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 14.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 17.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 11.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 23.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 24.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.6 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 21.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 23.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Mobley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 321° | 1,232 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NNW 340° | 1,229 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 336° | 1,223 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,197 m | 9.9 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,061 m | 9.3 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,049 m | 11.9 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,034 m | 8.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 318° | 1,025 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485504 — Mobley Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573328
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 15 mi
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