Sallings Mountain
Sallings Mountain rises to 549 m in Virginia. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the south, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 549 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 7 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.9 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Brady Hill: 4.1 mi
- Centennial Park: 2.0 mi
- Jellystone Park Natural Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Knick Field: 2.1 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 9.3 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 2.4 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 2.6 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 3.1 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 7.7 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 10.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.4 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 10.7 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 10.8 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 20.2 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 2.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 10.1 mi
- Peristyle: 10.2 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 10.7 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.8 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 17.3 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 20.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 21.3 mi
- Victory Garden: 21.5 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 22.1 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 2.6 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 3.3 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 3.4 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 4.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 4.7 mi
- Marble Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hunting Spring: 5.5 mi
- Big Spring: 14.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 16.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Lake Robertson: 13.3 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 17.8 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 17.8 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 3.8 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 8.9 mi
- Panther Falls: 11.7 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 12.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 21.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.6 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Sallings Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Orchard Mountain | S 190° | 1,287 m | 8.5 mi |
| Thunder Hill | S 188° | 1,221 m | 7.6 mi |
| Onion Mountain | S 189° | 1,157 m | 10.0 mi |
| Floyd Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,088 m | 10.4 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | S 171° | 1,062 m | 8.3 mi |
| Orebank Mountain | W 273° | 1,051 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | E 79° | 1,015 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Camp Mountain | WNW 288° | 944 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
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 1486897 — Sallings Mountain, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574568
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 24 mi
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