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Round Top

Round Top, a peak in Virginia
Round Top, a peak in VirginiaAlex Abair · CC BY 4.0

Round Top rises to 277 m in Virginia. Bucks Elbow Mountain stands 964 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Man, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4783079

Wikidata Q49070088, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
277 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.03042, -78.55501

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Artworks: 33
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 15
Gardens: 14
Nature reserves: 11
Beaches: 7
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 5: 14.1 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 4: 14.8 mi
  • Main Beach (Beach 1): 15.3 mi
  • Lake Monticello Beach 3: 15.3 mi
Springs: 6
Attractions: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 16.7 mi
  • Greene County Park Pavillion: 18.4 mi
  • Nelson County Wayside: 19.2 mi
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • South River Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bucks Elbow MountainWNW 297°964 m11.5 mi
Heard MountainSW 235°726 m12.2 mi
Castle RockWSW 239°722 m10.9 mi
High Top MountainNNW 336°695 m12.2 mi
Middle MountainWNW 303°624 m12.3 mi
Moses MountainWSW 240°590 m11.8 mi
Mill MountainSW 231°563 m10.3 mi
High TopWSW 240°557 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:26
June solstice05:5320:0220:41
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:2716:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576574787669594940
Precip in3.43.04.03.54.64.74.84.05.23.93.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1473593 — Round Top, Albemarle County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356565275

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