Shady Mountain
Shady Mountain rises to 831 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Highco Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49072489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 831 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 3 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highco Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Coleman Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Roundtop: 1.1 mi
- Moore Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Rice Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 2.9 mi
- Penny Park: 3.5 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 3.8 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 5.9 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 3.4 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 8.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 9.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.4 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Knight Statue: 3.7 mi
- Peristyle: 3.7 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 8.9 mi
- George Washington: 9.4 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.4 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 9.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 9.4 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 9.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 18.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 19.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 20.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 20.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 21.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 9.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 10.4 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 12.1 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 12.8 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 13.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 6.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 7.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 7.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 10.4 mi
- Marble Spring: 11.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.3 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 16.2 mi
- Lake Robertson: 18.0 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 19.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 14.2 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 17.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 19.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Shady Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 58° | 1,232 m | 5.5 mi |
| Pompey Peak | ENE 64° | 1,229 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ENE 69° | 1,223 m | 8.1 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,197 m | 6.7 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,061 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,034 m | 7.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 51° | 1,025 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SW 218° | 1,015 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493541 — Shady Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582066
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 22 mi
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