Persimmon Mountain
Persimmon Mountain rises to 298 m in Virginia. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the west-northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Oliver, a peak 1.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060762, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 298 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 12.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 12 mi
- Afton Overlook · 13 mi
- Rockfish Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 5.3 mi
- Simpson Park: 7.6 mi
- Biscuit Run Park: 10.3 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 10.3 mi
- Mount Oliver: 1.9 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Fan Mountains: 2.0 mi
- Boaz Mountains: 2.2 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.3 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 10.9 mi
- Mountain Man: 11.3 mi
- Bear Statue: 11.4 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 12.4 mi
- George Welsh: 12.8 mi
- Mirador: 9.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 11.3 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 11.6 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 11.7 mi
- Locust Hill: 12.0 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 7.9 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 12.8 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 12.8 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 13.6 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 11.3 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 11.8 mi
- Student Garden: 13.0 mi
- Keunen Garden: 13.8 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 13.8 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 11.2 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 12.6 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 12.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 12.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 10.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 19.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 19.7 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 20.3 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 20.4 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 13.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 13.8 mi
- Hickory Spring: 15.3 mi
- Coiner Spring: 16.8 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 20.3 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 13.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 14.3 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.7 mi
- Endless View Farms: 20.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.1 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 22.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 23.0 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 23.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 8.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 22.9 mi
- Canada: 13.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Persimmon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | WNW 301° | 726 m | 3.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | NW 325° | 722 m | 3.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 221° | 677 m | 11.2 mi |
| Massies Mountain | WNW 289° | 657 m | 4.7 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NW 312° | 590 m | 4.1 mi |
| Walnut Top | WSW 256° | 572 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | W 267° | 571 m | 6.9 mi |
| Archer Mountain | W 265° | 566 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582015
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 14 mi
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