Punchbowl Mountain
Punchbowl Mountain rises to 866 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49064490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 866 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.9 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 5 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bluff Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Moore Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Apple Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Roundtop: 1.5 mi
- Target Hill: 1.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 0.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 6.0 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 8.6 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 9.6 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 9.6 mi
- Laurel Park: 4.2 mi
- Penny Park: 4.4 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 4.4 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 6.2 mi
- Knick Field: 6.4 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 9.5 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 9.7 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 9.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.6 mi
- Knight Statue: 4.8 mi
- Peristyle: 4.8 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 6.4 mi
- George Washington: 9.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 17.5 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 18.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 19.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 19.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 20.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 9.4 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 9.5 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 10.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 11.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 8.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 9.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 9.8 mi
- Hunting Spring: 10.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 9.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 16.7 mi
- Lake Robertson: 17.3 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 20.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.8 mi
- Lace Falls: 11.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 15.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 18.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Punchbowl Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 54° | 1,232 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NE 54° | 1,197 m | 9.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,061 m | 9.8 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,034 m | 9.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 49° | 1,025 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,015 m | 0.8 mi |
| Highcock Knob | SW 216° | 931 m | 9.2 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SW 226° | 910 m | 3.7 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 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582039
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 21 mi
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