Peebles Mountain
Peebles Mountain rises to 556 m in Virginia. Three Ridges stands 1,210 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Edge Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 556 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 12 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 13 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edge Hill: 1.1 mi
- Naked Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 1.2 mi
- High Peak: 1.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.0 mi
- Simpson Park: 14.6 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 14.8 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 18.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 1.6 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 8.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 9.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 18.8 mi
- Hickory Spring: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 13.1 mi
- Dripping Rock: 13.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 16.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 17.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 3.7 mi
- James River at Wingina: 11.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 18.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.7 mi
- Mirador: 19.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 19.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 24.2 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 24.7 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 24.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 12.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 14.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 24.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 1.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 18.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 24.4 mi
- Mountain Man: 24.7 mi
- Bear Statue: 24.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 6.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 10.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Peebles Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Ridges | NW 313° | 1,210 m | 9.9 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,050 m | 11.2 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 309° | 974 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bee Mountain | NW 317° | 921 m | 11.2 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | NNW 335° | 741 m | 6.2 mi |
| White Mountain | NW 323° | 720 m | 5.7 mi |
| High Top Mountain | NW 313° | 678 m | 3.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 49° | 677 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564444
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
- Lynchburg · 29 mi
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