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Powell Mountain

Powell Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.32291, -78.48862

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 44
Artworks: 43
  • 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
Museums: 26
  • 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
Waterfalls: 21
Gardens: 17
Attractions: 11
  • 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
Springs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • South River Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Greene County Park Pavillion: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 8.0 mi
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 13.9 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.6 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 1
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HightopWNW 286°1,091 m3.5 mi
Lewis MountainN 6°1,087 m7.5 mi
Bearfence MountainN 8°1,083 m8.7 mi
Bush MountainN 9°1,076 m9.3 mi
Bluff MountainNNE 26°1,066 m9.0 mi
Jones MountainNNE 21°1,061 m10.4 mi
Bald Face MountainNNW 344°1,027 m5.1 mi
Saddleback MountainNNW 345°1,026 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0220:42
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2816:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596775797770594942
Precip in3.02.33.53.24.24.43.43.94.13.33.43.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586918

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