Scott Mountain
Scott Mountain rises to 401 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mobley Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49071986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 401 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 13 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 14 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mobley Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gum Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Strode Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Pedlar Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Coolwell Park: 7.5 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 8.4 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 8.4 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Monacan Park: 11.7 mi
- Riverside Pool: 13.6 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 13.6 mi
- Even Post: 13.8 mi
- Odd Tree: 13.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 14.1 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 4.2 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 4.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 4.8 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 4.9 mi
- Piano: 14.7 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 14.8 mi
- Lynchbug: 14.8 mi
- Mayor: 15.0 mi
- LOVE: 15.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.5 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 13.5 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 13.5 mi
- Point of Honor: 14.6 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 15.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 13.5 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 13.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 14.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 14.4 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 14.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 11.0 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 12.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 9.3 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 14.6 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 16.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 12.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 23.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.4 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 21.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 23.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Scott Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 318° | 1,232 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NNW 335° | 1,229 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 331° | 1,223 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NW 324° | 1,197 m | 10.6 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,061 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NW 326° | 1,034 m | 9.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 316° | 1,025 m | 11.3 mi |
| The Cardinal | NNW 345° | 1,023 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486985 — Scott Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574606
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 15 mi
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