Moore Mountain
Moore Mountain rises to 793 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 793 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 4 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roundtop: 0.4 mi
- Coleman Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Punchbowl Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Highco Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Shady Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Laurel Park: 3.2 mi
- Penny Park: 3.5 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 3.6 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 5.6 mi
- Knick Field: 7.4 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 2.0 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 7.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 9.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.1 mi
- General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.: 9.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 9.0 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 9.1 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 9.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.7 mi
- Knight Statue: 3.8 mi
- Peristyle: 3.9 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 7.4 mi
- George Washington: 9.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.1 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 18.2 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 19.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 20.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 20.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 20.9 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 9.0 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 10.6 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 11.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.9 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 7.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 8.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 9.3 mi
- Marble Spring: 9.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 10.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 8.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 16.7 mi
- Lake Robertson: 17.2 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 19.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 12.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 16.1 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 19.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Moore Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 58° | 1,232 m | 7.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,197 m | 8.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,061 m | 8.8 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,034 m | 8.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 53° | 1,025 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,015 m | 2.0 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SW 221° | 910 m | 4.8 mi |
| Silas Knob | SSW 212° | 904 m | 3.0 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 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485544 — Moore Mountain, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573364
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 22 mi
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