Mount Oliver
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
- 12.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 14.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 12 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 14 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 14 mi
- Afton Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brush Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Appleberry Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Fan Mountains: 1.8 mi
- Persimmon Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Walnut Top: 2.9 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 2.0 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 6.5 mi
- Simpson Park: 6.5 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 9.7 mi
- Biscuit Run Park: 11.6 mi
- 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
- Mirador: 11.5 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 12.8 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 13.4 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 13.6 mi
- Locust Hill: 13.8 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 6.0 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 11.4 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 12.2 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 15.1 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 13.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 13.4 mi
- Student Garden: 14.6 mi
- Keunen Garden: 15.4 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 15.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.7 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 12.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 12.8 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 14.4 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 13.7 mi
- Dripping Rock: 14.0 mi
- Hickory Spring: 15.2 mi
- Coiner Spring: 17.8 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 21.3 mi
- 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
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 11.4 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 14.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 15.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 21.2 mi
- Apple Cannon: 22.2 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.9 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 24.3 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 24.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 24.7 mi
- Canada: 14.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | NW 325° | 726 m | 4.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNW 339° | 722 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 227° | 677 m | 9.6 mi |
| Massies Mountain | NW 309° | 657 m | 5.3 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NNW 329° | 590 m | 5.3 mi |
| Walnut Top | WNW 293° | 572 m | 2.9 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WNW 283° | 571 m | 6.8 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | SW 230° | 570 m | 10.9 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 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:18 | 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 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
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
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 16 mi
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