Turkey Mountain
Turkey Mountain rises to 384 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Geddes Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085413, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 384 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 27.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 12 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 14 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Geddes Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Scott Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Mobley Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Thompson Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 8.6 mi
- Coolwell Park: 10.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 11.4 mi
- Monacan Park: 15.5 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 16.5 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 17.1 mi
- Riverside Pool: 17.1 mi
- Even Post: 17.4 mi
- Odd Tree: 17.4 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 7.9 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 8.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 8.0 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 8.1 mi
- Knight Statue: 17.4 mi
- Peristyle: 17.4 mi
- Piano: 18.2 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 18.2 mi
- Lynchbug: 18.2 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.2 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 17.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 17.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 17.9 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 18.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 10.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 10.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 10.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 11.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 12.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 12.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 12.7 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 17.1 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 17.1 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 8.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 9.1 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 12.9 mi
- James River at Wingina: 18.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 13.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.3 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 19.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 17.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 18.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Turkey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WNW 297° | 1,232 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | NW 312° | 1,229 m | 8.8 mi |
| The Priest | N 355° | 1,227 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | NW 306° | 1,223 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cole Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,197 m | 10.4 mi |
| Little Priest | N 351° | 1,133 m | 9.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NW 305° | 1,061 m | 9.6 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NW 326° | 1,049 m | 10.7 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1488027 — Turkey Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575315
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 18 mi
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