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Piney Mountain

Piney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Mountain rises to 846 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the west-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is PJs Mound, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4779216

Wikidata Q49061991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
846 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.89681, -78.96280

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
Museums: 16
Springs: 13
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Shamokin Falls: 3.2 mi
  • White Rock Falls: 5.0 mi
  • St. Mary's Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Panther Falls: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Nelson County Wayside: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maintop MountainWSW 242°1,232 m9.8 mi
The PriestSW 226°1,227 m7.6 mi
Three RidgesSSW 203°1,210 m2.9 mi
Potatopatch MountainNNE 18°1,172 m1.4 mi
Devils KnobNNE 17°1,172 m1.4 mi
Little PriestSW 222°1,133 m8.9 mi
Spy RockWSW 241°1,128 m9.9 mi
Cellar MountainWNW 291°1,112 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5520:0320:42
September equinox07:0418:4019:15
December solstice07:2916:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239505868726963524134

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 1486253 — Piney Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356574073

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