Piney Mountain
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
- 1.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 1 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 3 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- PJs Mound: 0.5 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Potatopatch Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Devils Knob: 1.4 mi
- Black Rock Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Rife Park: 11.9 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 12.1 mi
- Constitution Park: 12.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 3.6 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 9.6 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 12.5 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 12.5 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 16.0 mi
- Hickory Spring: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 3.3 mi
- Dripping Rock: 3.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.1 mi
- Coiner Spring: 10.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Mirador: 14.4 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 17.8 mi
- Augusta County: 18.4 mi
- Statler Brothers: 18.4 mi
- Flower Pots: 18.2 mi
- Watering Can: 18.2 mi
- Staunton: 18.5 mi
- Chodo IX: 18.5 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 23.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 7.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 16.3 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 17.4 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 18.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 9.6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.3 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.3 mi
- Apple Cannon: 19.6 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 18.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 22.1 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 24.8 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 24.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 3.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 5.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 8.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 22.1 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 20.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 24.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 24.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 8.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Trinity Point: 23.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 5.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,232 m | 9.8 mi |
| The Priest | SW 226° | 1,227 m | 7.6 mi |
| Three Ridges | SSW 203° | 1,210 m | 2.9 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,172 m | 1.4 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNE 17° | 1,172 m | 1.4 mi |
| Little Priest | SW 222° | 1,133 m | 8.9 mi |
| Spy Rock | WSW 241° | 1,128 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,112 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
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
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
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