Powell Mountain
Powell Mountain rises to 526 m in Virginia. Hightop stands 1,091 m to the west-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Daniels Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063927, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 526 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 14.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Swift Run Overlook · 4 mi
- Hensley Hollow Overlook · 4 mi
- Sandy Bottom Overlook · 4 mi
- South River Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greene County Park: 5.0 mi
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
- Dog Park: 11.2 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Park: 11.4 mi
- Preddy Creek Trail Park: 12.0 mi
- Daniels Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Runkle Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Little Ledge Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Parker Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 5.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 9.6 mi
- Five Tents: 12.1 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Down The Nile: 18.6 mi
- Moving Forward: 18.7 mi
- Speech Stump: 18.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 18.8 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 19.1 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Montpelier: 18.8 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 19.3 mi
- South River Falls: 4.0 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 5.8 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 18.7 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 18.8 mi
- Keunen Garden: 18.8 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 18.8 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 18.9 mi
- Elkton Spring: 8.4 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 10.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 13.8 mi
- Rockingham springs: 13.9 mi
- Davids Spring: 14.6 mi
- Fear Forest: 17.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 20.3 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 22.5 mi
- Endless View Farms: 23.0 mi
- Apple Cannon: 23.0 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 5.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 13.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.3 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 4.6 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 11.4 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 15.9 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 20.7 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 21.1 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 22.3 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 11.3 mi
- Canada: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Powell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hightop | WNW 286° | 1,091 m | 3.5 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | N 6° | 1,087 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | N 8° | 1,083 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,066 m | 9.0 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,061 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bald Face Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,027 m | 5.1 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,026 m | 3.0 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,006 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586918
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 12 mi
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
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