Rice Mountain
Rice Mountain rises to 661 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Coleman Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49068379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 661 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.7 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
- Coleman Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pond Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Roundtop: 1.8 mi
- Moore Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Shady Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 2.4 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 7.8 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 10.4 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 10.9 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 4.7 mi
- Penny Park: 5.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 5.4 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 7.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.9 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 11.0 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.2 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 11.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 5.5 mi
- Peristyle: 5.5 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 8.4 mi
- George Washington: 11.0 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.0 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.5 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 18.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 18.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 19.2 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 10.9 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 11.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.8 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 12.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 7.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 8.3 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 8.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 10.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 10.9 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 8.1 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 14.8 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 18.9 mi
- Lake Robertson: 19.1 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 13.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 16.4 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 20.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Rice Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 42° | 1,232 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NE 56° | 1,223 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NE 44° | 1,197 m | 7.8 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NE 49° | 1,061 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NE 52° | 1,034 m | 7.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 35° | 1,025 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,015 m | 2.4 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | ENE 61° | 946 m | 9.1 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486579 — Rice Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574287
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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