Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 421 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Greens Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 421 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 6 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 9 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Montvale Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greens Knob: 2.0 mi
- Lick Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Horsepen Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Tyler Knob: 2.6 mi
- Weaver Knob: 2.7 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 4.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Park: 5.0 mi
- Goode Park: 5.3 mi
- Vineyark Park East: 6.1 mi
- Montvale Park: 6.1 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 4.0 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 9.1 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 9.2 mi
- 28 Wells Avenue, N.W.: 9.3 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 6.8 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 9.1 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 9.1 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 9.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 9.6 mi
- Explore Park: 5.7 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Carvins Cove: 13.3 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 16.9 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 9.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 9.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 10.7 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 11.7 mi
- Rhinoceros: 11.9 mi
- Roanoke Star: 9.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 9.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 9.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 12.6 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 13.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 9.7 mi
- Beale Garden: 9.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Victory Garden: 13.3 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 22.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 12.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 16.3 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.1 mi
- Howrytown: 11.5 mi
- Big Spring: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 45° | 1,215 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NE 45° | 1,167 m | 13.3 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NE 44° | 1,119 m | 15.4 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NE 45° | 1,074 m | 13.0 mi |
| Harkening Hill | NE 38° | 1,026 m | 14.1 mi |
| Little Harkening Hill | NE 36° | 901 m | 14.7 mi |
| McFalls Mountain | NE 36° | 842 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cove Mountain | NNE 26° | 818 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574070
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 9 mi
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