Paul Mountain
Paul Mountain rises to 398 m in Virginia. Mount Pleasant stands 1,223 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Train Station and Caboose, a museum 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49060227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 398 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 17 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kentucky Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Strode Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Coolwell Park: 3.0 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 3.9 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 7.7 mi
- Monacan Park: 8.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 9.8 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 9.0 mi
- Riverside Pool: 9.0 mi
- Even Post: 9.3 mi
- Odd Tree: 9.3 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 9.9 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 0.9 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 1.1 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 1.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 1.6 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- Piano: 10.1 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 10.1 mi
- Lynchbug: 10.1 mi
- Mayor: 10.3 mi
- LOVE: 10.4 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 8.9 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 9.0 mi
- Point of Honor: 9.9 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 10.8 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 10.8 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 9.1 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 9.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 9.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 9.7 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 10.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 14.3 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 14.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 14.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 17.3 mi
- Marble Spring: 18.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 10.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 13.3 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 20.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 14.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 23.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 23.8 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 18.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 19.6 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Paul Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 343° | 1,223 m | 13.1 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,061 m | 13.8 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,034 m | 13.4 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | NNW 346° | 946 m | 12.5 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | NNW 329° | 888 m | 12.9 mi |
| Little Friar | N 360° | 880 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | W 275° | 876 m | 4.8 mi |
| High Peak | W 275° | 876 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564415
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 10 mi
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