Mount Atlas
Mount Atlas rises to 569 m in Virginia. Big Butt stands 1,053 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Canaan Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49051933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 569 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 8 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canaan Hill: 0.5 mi
- Dixon Hill: 1.2 mi
- Poorhouse Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Whites Hill: 2.6 mi
- Henry Hill: 2.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 5.3 mi
- Jordan's Point: 5.8 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.3 mi
- Lexington Historic District: 6.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 6.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 6.1 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 6.1 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 6.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 11.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 11.5 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 11.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 12.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.0 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 17.5 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 18.2 mi
- George Washington: 6.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 6.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 6.1 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 6.3 mi
- Peristyle: 8.5 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 6.1 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 6.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 6.6 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 24.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 11.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 24.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.1 mi
- Lake Robertson: 13.6 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 24.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 17.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 3.4 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 8.3 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Mount Atlas. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butt | WNW 294° | 1,053 m | 6.6 mi |
| Little House Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,032 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,003 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dale Mountain | WNW 286° | 991 m | 9.5 mi |
| Jump Rock | NNW 336° | 959 m | 6.5 mi |
| Coopers Knob | WNW 298° | 959 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bratton Mountain | WNW 301° | 954 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Butt | WNW 293° | 947 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1481356 — Mount Atlas, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570243
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