Turk Mountain
Turk Mountain rises to 368 m in Virginia. Humpback Mountain stands 1,099 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Archer Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085283, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 17.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 9 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 9 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 9 mi
- Cedar Cliffs · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Archer Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Perry Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Diggs Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Walnut Top: 1.9 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 10.3 mi
- Simpson Park: 10.7 mi
- Playground: 12.6 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 13.1 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 15.1 mi
- Mountain Man: 15.5 mi
- Bear Statue: 15.6 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 17.3 mi
- George Welsh: 17.4 mi
- Mirador: 10.2 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 14.5 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 15.2 mi
- Locust Hill: 15.6 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.8 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 7.7 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 8.7 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.1 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.3 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 14.8 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 16.2 mi
- Student Garden: 17.5 mi
- Keunen Garden: 18.2 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 18.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 8.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 13.9 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 15.5 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 16.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.4 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.6 mi
- Hickory Spring: 10.8 mi
- Coiner Spring: 14.4 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 17.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 8.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 16.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 18.5 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 18.9 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.2 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 15.3 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.4 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 24.0 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 24.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 3.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 24.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 5.4 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 24.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 24.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Canada: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Turk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,099 m | 8.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | W 280° | 1,050 m | 9.0 mi |
| Humpback Rocks | NW 307° | 949 m | 8.6 mi |
| Crawford Knob | WNW 292° | 918 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dripping Rock | WNW 293° | 913 m | 9.6 mi |
| Dobie Mountain | NW 314° | 820 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | W 273° | 775 m | 9.8 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | WSW 246° | 741 m | 7.5 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500954 — Turk Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356587890
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 19 mi
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