Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 575 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Banks Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061980, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 575 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 5 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Banks Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sut Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Rice Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Glenn Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Shady Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 4.5 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 9.9 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 12.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Laurel Park: 5.6 mi
- Penny Park: 6.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 6.5 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 8.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 10.5 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 10.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 12.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 6.3 mi
- Peristyle: 6.4 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 10.4 mi
- George Washington: 12.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 10.4 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 12.1 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 13.0 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 14.7 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 15.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.3 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 18.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 18.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 18.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 5.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 7.2 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 10.2 mi
- Marble Spring: 11.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 6.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 13.4 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 18.5 mi
- Lake Robertson: 20.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 16.0 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 18.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 19.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNE 29° | 1,232 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NE 46° | 1,229 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 50° | 1,223 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,197 m | 6.2 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NE 41° | 1,061 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NE 43° | 1,034 m | 6.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,025 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,015 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493432 — Piney Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582025
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 19 mi
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