South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 851 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the south-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hills, a peak 1.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49075974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 851 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Boston Knob Overlook · 2 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 5 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Hills: 1.9 mi
- Adams Peak: 2.0 mi
- Boston Knob: 2.1 mi
- Boston Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Round Hill: 2.2 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 7.3 mi
- Laurel Park: 8.2 mi
- Penny Park: 8.4 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 8.8 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 9.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 9.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 9.9 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.9 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 9.9 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 5.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 5.9 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 6.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 6.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.5 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 9.9 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 10.2 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 19.4 mi
- Peristyle: 8.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 8.0 mi
- George Washington: 9.9 mi
- George C. Marshall: 9.9 mi
- The Cannonball: 9.9 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 4.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 10.0 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 10.6 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 19.7 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 20.4 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.6 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 14.3 mi
- Lake Robertson: 19.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 8.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 10.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.3 mi
- Lace Falls: 21.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 16.9 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 24.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 24.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.4 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 13.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 21.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 4.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSE 162° | 1,232 m | 6.7 mi |
| Maintop Mountain | E 91° | 1,232 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pompey Peak | SE 136° | 1,229 m | 7.5 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,226 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SE 142° | 1,223 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,197 m | 6.4 mi |
| Spy Rock | E 93° | 1,128 m | 7.7 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | SE 146° | 1,061 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493631 — South Mountain, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582117
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 30 mi
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