Shady Mountain
Shady Mountain rises to 687 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pedlar Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49072487, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 687 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 29.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 12 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pedlar Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Gum Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Coolwell Park: 7.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 8.8 mi
- Monacan Park: 9.4 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 11.4 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 10.7 mi
- Riverside Pool: 12.4 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 12.4 mi
- Even Post: 12.5 mi
- Odd Tree: 12.5 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 3.5 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 3.5 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 5.8 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 5.9 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 13.5 mi
- Peristyle: 13.5 mi
- Piano: 13.9 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 14.0 mi
- Lynchbug: 14.0 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 12.3 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 12.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.3 mi
- Point of Honor: 13.7 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 14.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 11.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 12.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 13.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 13.5 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 13.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 9.4 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.1 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 12.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 6.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 8.6 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 13.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 19.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 9.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 21.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 21.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 21.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.2 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 21.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Shady Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 337° | 1,232 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pompey Peak | N 357° | 1,229 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 355° | 1,223 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,197 m | 9.6 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 349° | 1,061 m | 9.1 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,034 m | 8.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,025 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,015 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1474207 — Shady Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356565795
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 14 mi
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