Pilot Mountain
Pilot Mountain rises to 347 m in Virginia. High Peak stands 876 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruritan Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 8.2 miles off. 225 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Campbell County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061355, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 347 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 26.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
225 named places within 25 miles
- Raine Monument: 9.8 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 9.8 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 10.7 mi
- Presbyterian Orphanage Children: 10.7 mi
- Quenna Stovall Folk Artist: 10.7 mi
- Paradise Hill: 5.5 mi
- Red Oak Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Long Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Mount Athos: 7.1 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Ruritan Park: 2.4 mi
- Abbott-Duncan Recreation Fields: 6.9 mi
- Abbitt Park: 8.0 mi
- Civitan Park: 9.4 mi
- Jackson Heights Neighborhood Park: 9.7 mi
- Appomattox County Museum: 7.9 mi
- Campbell County Museum: 8.0 mi
- The American Civil War Museum: 8.6 mi
- Amazement Square: 11.3 mi
- Lynchburg Museum: 11.4 mi
- Fairview Center Garden: 10.1 mi
- Diamond Hill Center Garden: 11.1 mi
- Pierce Street Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 11.7 mi
- James D. Wright Garden: 11.7 mi
- LOVE: 10.9 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 11.0 mi
- Hayes Hall Bell: 11.1 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 11.1 mi
- Hayes Monument: 11.2 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 9.8 mi
- VUL Sign: 11.1 mi
- Point of Honor: 11.6 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 12.0 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 12.0 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 12.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 17.0 mi
- Featherfin: 21.8 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 3.5 mi
- The Devil's Bookcase: 23.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 11.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Peak | NW 324° | 876 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NW 324° | 876 m | 20.6 mi |
| No Business Mountain | WNW 294° | 837 m | 24.5 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | WNW 297° | 712 m | 23.1 mi |
| Shady Mountain | NNW 333° | 687 m | 22.8 mi |
| Fleming Mountain | WNW 295° | 645 m | 21.0 mi |
| Jackson Peak | WNW 297° | 643 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNW 333° | 549 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:22 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Appomattox, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1472319 — Pilot Mountain, Campbell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356564531
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- Lynchburg · 11 mi
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