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Mount Oliver

Mount Oliver, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Oliver rises to 549 m in Virginia. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
549 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.87792, -78.69224

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 33
  • 3 Owl Statue: 12.6 mi
  • Mountain Man: 12.9 mi
  • Bear Statue: 13.1 mi
  • The Sagacious Heads: 13.4 mi
  • George Welsh: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 13
Gardens: 13
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Monocan Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 5: 19.9 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 4: 20.1 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 3: 20.7 mi
  • Main Beach (Beach 1): 20.9 mi
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Nelson County Wayside: 7.1 mi
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Mount Oliver. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heard MountainNW 325°726 m4.4 mi
Castle RockNNW 339°722 m5.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 227°677 m9.6 mi
Massies MountainNW 309°657 m5.3 mi
Moses MountainNNW 329°590 m5.3 mi
Walnut TopWNW 293°572 m2.9 mi
Pilot MountainWNW 283°571 m6.8 mi
Simpson MountainSW 230°570 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5420:0220:41
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2816:1817:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576574787669594940
Precip in3.43.04.03.54.64.74.84.05.23.93.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1471912 — Mount Oliver, Albemarle County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356564295

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