Turkey Mountain
Turkey Mountain rises to 465 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.0 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 9 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Coolwell Park: 10.3 mi
- Laurel Park: 10.4 mi
- Monacan Park: 10.7 mi
- Penny Park: 11.0 mi
- Shady Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Stinnett Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Jennings Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pedlar Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Panther Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 8.8 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 13.9 mi
- Riverside Pool: 14.2 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 14.3 mi
- Even Post: 14.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 5.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 5.9 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 8.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 8.3 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- Knight Statue: 11.1 mi
- Peristyle: 11.2 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 14.4 mi
- Piano: 15.8 mi
- Mayor: 16.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.4 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 14.2 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 14.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.4 mi
- Point of Honor: 15.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 13.6 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 14.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 15.2 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 15.5 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 15.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 7.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 8.0 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 8.1 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 11.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 7.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.2 mi
- Lace Falls: 20.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.2 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.9 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 6.6 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 15.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 23.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Turkey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 343° | 1,232 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | N 8° | 1,229 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 7° | 1,223 m | 6.7 mi |
| Cole Mountain | N 352° | 1,197 m | 7.4 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | N 359° | 1,061 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | N 358° | 1,034 m | 6.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,025 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | W 277° | 1,015 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356575313
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 16 mi
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