Scott Mountain
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Scott Mountain rises to 842 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the south-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Den Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071984, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 842 m
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 2.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- McCormick Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- McCormick Gap Overview · 1 mi
- Calf Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Den Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mikes Knob: 2.1 mi
- Ramsey Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Calf Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Turks Mountain: 2.8 mi
- North Park: 3.4 mi
- Constitution Park: 3.5 mi
- Rife Park: 4.0 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 4.7 mi
- Crimora Park: 7.0 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 14.0 mi
- Bear Statue: 14.4 mi
- Mountain Man: 14.5 mi
- Flower Pots: 14.7 mi
- Watering Can: 14.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Mirador: 3.6 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 4.3 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 7.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 9.3 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 3.7 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 4.1 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 12.7 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 13.1 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 14.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 11.4 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 14.7 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 15.6 mi
- Keunen Garden: 16.7 mi
- Coiner Spring: 5.9 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 8.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 10.2 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.2 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 11.0 mi
- Apple Cannon: 8.0 mi
- Endless View Farms: 8.1 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 15.7 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 18.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 19.2 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 5.3 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 13.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 14.6 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 14.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 17.7 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.4 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 13.4 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 14.4 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 13.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 14.7 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 10.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 15.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 15.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 10.9 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.9 mi
- Canada: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Scott Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,099 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | NE 53° | 964 m | 5.3 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | SSW 213° | 949 m | 7.9 mi |
| Crawford Knob | SSW 204° | 918 m | 10.1 mi |
| Dripping Rock | SW 217° | 913 m | 10.3 mi |
| Calf Mountain | NE 53° | 908 m | 2.6 mi |
| Turk Mountain | NNE 14° | 899 m | 4.8 mi |
| Rocks Mountain | NNE 16° | 896 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356565727
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 19 mi
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