Mollys Mountain
Mollys Mountain rises to 392 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennings Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050917, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 392 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.3 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 8 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 10 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jennings Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pierce Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Scott Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Stinnett Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 11.6 mi
- Penny Park: 12.2 mi
- Coolwell Park: 12.5 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 12.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 11.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 17.2 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 17.6 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 17.7 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 8.5 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 8.5 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 10.0 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 10.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 12.2 mi
- Peristyle: 12.2 mi
- George Washington: 17.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 17.7 mi
- George C. Marshall: 17.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 11.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 16.0 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 17.8 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 17.8 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 17.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 18.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 18.9 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 19.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 5.5 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.5 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 5.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.2 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 15.6 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 18.9 mi
- Panther Falls: 8.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.2 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 20.0 mi
- Lace Falls: 23.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 20.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mollys Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WNW 303° | 1,232 m | 5.7 mi |
| Maintop Mountain | N 4° | 1,232 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NNW 337° | 1,229 m | 4.4 mi |
| The Priest | NNE 25° | 1,227 m | 9.5 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NNW 349° | 1,226 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 328° | 1,223 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NW 315° | 1,197 m | 5.4 mi |
| Little Priest | NNE 25° | 1,133 m | 8.1 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: 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583382
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 19 mi
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