Strode Mountain
Strode Mountain rises to 284 m in Virginia. Pompey Peak stands 1,229 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Amherst County Historical Museum, a museum 1.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49078908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 16 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kentucky Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Paul Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Scott Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Coolwell Park: 4.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 5.5 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 6.6 mi
- Monacan Park: 10.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Neighborhood Park: 11.8 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 11.1 mi
- Riverside Pool: 11.1 mi
- Even Post: 11.5 mi
- Odd Tree: 11.5 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 11.9 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 1.5 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 1.9 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 2.1 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 2.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 2.8 mi
- Piano: 12.2 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 12.2 mi
- Lynchbug: 12.2 mi
- Mayor: 12.4 mi
- LOVE: 12.4 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 11.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 11.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 11.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 11.8 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 12.1 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 11.1 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 11.1 mi
- Point of Honor: 12.0 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 12.9 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 12.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.3 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 13.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 13.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 15.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 12.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 12.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 18.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 14.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 21.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 23.8 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.9 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 20.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 23.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Strode Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pompey Peak | NNW 338° | 1,229 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NNW 335° | 1,223 m | 11.9 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,061 m | 12.7 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,034 m | 12.3 mi |
| The Friar | N 353° | 1,007 m | 12.8 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | NNW 337° | 946 m | 11.2 mi |
| Doefoot Mountain | NNW 343° | 926 m | 12.5 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | NW 320° | 888 m | 12.2 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 | 18:40 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356566339
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 12 mi
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