Monasco Mountain
Monasco Mountain rises to 411 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050950, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 411 m
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 16 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 16 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ball Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 7.6 mi
- Simpson Park: 9.4 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 12.9 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 13.1 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 20.9 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 21.5 mi
- Mountain Man: 21.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 21.9 mi
- James Monroe: 22.4 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 3.6 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 6.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 12.1 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 14.3 mi
- Housewright House: 17.7 mi
- Mirador: 19.2 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 21.0 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 22.4 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 22.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 8.3 mi
- James River at Wingina: 8.4 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 16.1 mi
- Dripping Rock: 16.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 16.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 22.0 mi
- Coiner Spring: 22.8 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 22.1 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 22.1 mi
- Student Garden: 23.2 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 23.8 mi
- West Lawn: 23.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 6.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 19.2 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 22.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 23.8 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 24.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 12.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Canada: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Monasco Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | NW 306° | 741 m | 10.2 mi |
| Heard Mountain | N 3° | 726 m | 12.0 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 298° | 720 m | 10.2 mi |
| High Top Mountain | WNW 289° | 678 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 295° | 677 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pats Knob | WNW 288° | 660 m | 10.1 mi |
| Massies Mountain | N 355° | 657 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cat Rock Mountain | WNW 295° | 640 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356563404
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 24 mi
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