Pilot Mountain
Pilot Mountain rises to 446 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peach Orchard Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061354, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 446 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Montvale Overlook · 10 mi
- Harvey's Knob Overlook · 11 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 11 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Zimmerman Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Thaxton Mountain: 2.0 mi
- High Knob: 2.1 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Montvale Park: 5.5 mi
- Montvale Wayside: 7.4 mi
- Moneta Park: 7.7 mi
- Beulah Payne Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Centertown Park: 8.1 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 7.3 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 10.0 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike: 13.8 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 8.2 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 12.8 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 15.1 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 15.1 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 15.1 mi
- Victory Garden: 7.4 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 9.5 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 15.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 15.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 7.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 15.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 15.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 15.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 15.6 mi
- Rhinoceros: 6.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 15.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 15.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 16.7 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 17.7 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 9.1 mi
- Explore Park: 10.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Carvins Cove: 18.8 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 22.7 mi
- Big Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hunting Spring: 21.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 22.0 mi
- Marble Spring: 22.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 13.1 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 16.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 23.9 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 14.2 mi
- Howrytown: 15.5 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Pilot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,215 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,167 m | 9.8 mi |
| Headforemost Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,131 m | 14.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNE 24° | 1,119 m | 11.9 mi |
| Floyd Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,088 m | 15.1 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NNE 19° | 1,074 m | 9.5 mi |
| Harkening Hill | NNE 14° | 1,026 m | 11.2 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | NNE 19° | 942 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
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 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1472318 — Pilot Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356564530
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