Panther Mountain
Panther Mountain rises to 760 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Stinnett Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 760 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 7 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Park: 8.5 mi
- Penny Park: 9.1 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 9.6 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 11.6 mi
- Stinnett Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Burks Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Glenn Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pierce Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 8.6 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 14.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 14.7 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 14.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 9.1 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 9.1 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 11.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 11.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 9.1 mi
- Peristyle: 9.1 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 14.6 mi
- George Washington: 14.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 14.8 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 8.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 12.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 15.0 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 17.0 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 17.6 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 18.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 18.9 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 19.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 3.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 3.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 11.6 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 18.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 5.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.0 mi
- Lace Falls: 20.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 22.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 23.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 23.0 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 23.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Panther Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 334° | 1,232 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NNE 20° | 1,229 m | 4.5 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NNE 11° | 1,226 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNE 21° | 1,223 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | N 352° | 1,197 m | 4.0 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | N 4° | 1,061 m | 3.8 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,049 m | 7.5 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | N 5° | 1,034 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356573916
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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