Thomas Mountain
Thomas Mountain rises to 360 m in Virginia. Horseshoe Mountain stands 741 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 360 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 25.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 17 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 17 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Welsh Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Findlay Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.7 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
- Simpson Park: 12.6 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 14.3 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 15.6 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 6.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 6.9 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 13.1 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 17.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- James River at Wingina: 6.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 8.2 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 18.6 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 17.2 mi
- Hickory Spring: 17.3 mi
- Dripping Rock: 17.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 20.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 21.8 mi
- Mirador: 21.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 23.6 mi
- Raine Monument: 23.7 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 23.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 6.1 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 18.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 22.4 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 23.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 17.0 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 8.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 24.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 24.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 13.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Thomas Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | NW 324° | 741 m | 10.6 mi |
| White Mountain | NW 317° | 720 m | 10.2 mi |
| High Top Mountain | NW 311° | 678 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 338° | 677 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pats Knob | NW 307° | 660 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bolton Mountain | NW 316° | 649 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cat Rock Mountain | NW 311° | 640 m | 12.1 mi |
| Naked Mountain | NW 314° | 607 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356566520
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 27 mi
- Lynchburg · 29 mi
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