Torry Mountain
Torry Mountain rises to 843 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hickory Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084382, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 843 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 2 mi
- Rock Point Overlook · 2 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 2 mi
- Cedar Cliffs · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Knob: 2.3 mi
- Potatopatch Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.4 mi
- Kelley Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Piney Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 6.2 mi
- Rife Park: 9.3 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 9.4 mi
- Constitution Park: 10.0 mi
- North Park: 10.9 mi
- Hickory Spring: 1.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 2.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.3 mi
- Coiner Spring: 8.1 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.0 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 10.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 12.8 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 13.3 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Mirador: 13.4 mi
- Augusta County: 15.1 mi
- Statler Brothers: 15.1 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 15.8 mi
- Flower Pots: 14.9 mi
- Watering Can: 14.9 mi
- Staunton: 15.1 mi
- Chodo IX: 15.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 23.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 8.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.8 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 14.3 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.0 mi
- Apple Cannon: 16.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 10.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 14.0 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 16.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 18.0 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 2.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 4.9 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 7.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 23.5 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 24.8 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 14.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 15.1 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 21.5 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 22.6 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 24.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 20.2 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 21.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 21.4 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 11.2 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 24.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 6.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Torry Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SW 225° | 1,232 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Priest | SSW 208° | 1,227 m | 9.6 mi |
| Three Ridges | S 182° | 1,210 m | 5.8 mi |
| Devils Knob | SE 143° | 1,172 m | 2.3 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | SE 143° | 1,172 m | 2.3 mi |
| Little Priest | SSW 207° | 1,133 m | 11.0 mi |
| Spy Rock | SW 224° | 1,128 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cellar Mountain | W 270° | 1,112 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487955 — Torry Mountain, Augusta County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575268
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
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