Mount Alto
Mount Alto rises to 219 m in Virginia. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 18 mi
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 19 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 20 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Avon Hill: 3.5 mi
- Butler Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Shiloh Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Simpson Park: 4.0 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 7.0 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 7.2 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 7.6 mi
- Dorrier Park: 8.1 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 16.1 mi
- James Monroe: 17.6 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 18.2 mi
- Mountain Man: 18.3 mi
- Bear Statue: 18.6 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 15.0 mi
- Ash Lawn - Highland: 17.6 mi
- Graveyard Site: 18.8 mi
- Mirador: 19.1 mi
- Kitty Foster Cemetery: 19.2 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 3.4 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 8.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 12.1 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 15.9 mi
- Housewright House: 16.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 18.4 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 19.2 mi
- West Lawn: 19.2 mi
- Student Garden: 19.3 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 19.6 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 8.3 mi
- James River at Wingina: 10.5 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 13.5 mi
- Hardware River: 13.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 15.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 19.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 19.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 20.3 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 20.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.1 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 17.4 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 19.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 24.5 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 19.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 19.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 20.4 mi
- Coiner Spring: 24.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 10.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 24.2 mi
- Canada: 19.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Mount Alto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | NNW 334° | 726 m | 11.9 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNW 339° | 722 m | 12.9 mi |
| High Top Mountain | W 276° | 678 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 273° | 677 m | 9.8 mi |
| Massies Mountain | NNW 327° | 657 m | 12.5 mi |
| Naked Mountain | W 262° | 607 m | 10.6 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NNW 335° | 590 m | 12.9 mi |
| Walnut Top | NNW 327° | 572 m | 9.8 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 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2 SSE, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1462432 — Mount Alto, Albemarle County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356559793
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
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