Pierce Mountain
Pierce Mountain rises to 614 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 614 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 7 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Jennings Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Stinnett Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Panther Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mollys Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 10.4 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 15.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 15.8 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 15.8 mi
- Laurel Park: 9.8 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 10.1 mi
- Penny Park: 10.4 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 11.0 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 12.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 9.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 9.4 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 11.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 11.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 10.4 mi
- Peristyle: 10.4 mi
- George Washington: 15.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 15.9 mi
- George C. Marshall: 15.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 11.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 16.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 17.4 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 18.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 17.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 18.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 19.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 19.6 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 19.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 3.8 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 6.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 2.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 11.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 16.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Panther Falls: 6.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 20.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 21.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 21.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 21.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 23.7 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Pierce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 307° | 1,232 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | N 359° | 1,229 m | 3.3 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | N 0° | 1,226 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 353° | 1,223 m | 2.4 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NW 325° | 1,197 m | 3.8 mi |
| Little Priest | NE 37° | 1,133 m | 8.4 mi |
| Spy Rock | NNE 16° | 1,128 m | 8.7 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,061 m | 3.2 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 | 20:42 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486192 — Pierce Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574025
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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