Pond Mountain
Pond Mountain rises to 491 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Piney Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063181, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 491 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Piney Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rice Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Apple Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 2.7 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 7.6 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 9.9 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 11.6 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 12.4 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Laurel Park: 6.4 mi
- Penny Park: 6.8 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 7.0 mi
- Knick Field: 8.1 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 10.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 10.8 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 12.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.5 mi
- Knight Statue: 7.1 mi
- Peristyle: 7.2 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 8.2 mi
- George Washington: 12.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.5 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 14.8 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 15.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 17.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 17.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 17.6 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 10.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 12.3 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 12.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 8.6 mi
- Marble Spring: 9.0 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 9.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 10.0 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 9.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 13.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 17.2 mi
- Lake Robertson: 20.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 13.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 15.4 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 19.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 22.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.1 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 24.7 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNE 33° | 1,232 m | 7.9 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NE 36° | 1,197 m | 9.1 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NE 42° | 1,034 m | 9.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,025 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,015 m | 2.7 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | W 262° | 910 m | 4.9 mi |
| Silas Knob | W 276° | 904 m | 3.3 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | NE 39° | 888 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 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 1486328 — Pond Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574129
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 18 mi
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