Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 1,051 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Drive Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1051 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.3 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 3 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Drive Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Big Spy Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Copelands Rocks: 2.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 9.6 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 11.8 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 15.7 mi
- Rife Park: 15.9 mi
- Statler Brothers: 17.2 mi
- Augusta County: 17.3 mi
- Cannon: 17.9 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 19.4 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 19.4 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 15.6 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 16.2 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 16.4 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.6 mi
- Hickory Spring: 7.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.7 mi
- Flower Pots: 17.2 mi
- Watering Can: 17.2 mi
- Staunton: 17.3 mi
- Peristyle: 17.3 mi
- Knight Statue: 17.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 11.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 13.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 16.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.9 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 3.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 15.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 18.0 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 20.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 2.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 2.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 16.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 2.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.6 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.0 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 17.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 17.3 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 18.0 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 16.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 12.9 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | S 190° | 1,232 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | SSW 198° | 1,229 m | 10.6 mi |
| The Priest | SSE 156° | 1,227 m | 6.1 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,226 m | 6.8 mi |
| Three Ridges | ESE 113° | 1,210 m | 7.3 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 82° | 1,172 m | 8.4 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 82° | 1,172 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Priest | SSE 165° | 1,133 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493509 — Round Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582055
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