Turner Mountain
Turner Mountain rises to 324 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dumpling Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
- 17.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Headforemost Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Black Rock Hill Overlook · 19 mi
- Onion Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dumpling Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Hogan's Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Moon Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Wingfield Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Lees Mill Park monument: 5.7 mi
- Lees Mill Park: 5.8 mi
- Shepherd's Monument: 5.9 mi
- Falling Creek Park: 6.1 mi
- Independence Park: 7.5 mi
- Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike: 6.8 mi
- Bethany Church: 7.3 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 7.6 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 8.5 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 12.0 mi
- Victory Garden: 8.6 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 12.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.2 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 12.4 mi
- Poplar Forest Herb Garden: 13.6 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 8.4 mi
- Avoca Museum: 12.2 mi
- Poplar Forest Museum: 13.6 mi
- The Chaplains Museum: 17.4 mi
- Jerry Falwell Museum: 17.7 mi
- Rhinoceros: 10.2 mi
- LOVE: 12.2 mi
- Olympic Runner: 20.4 mi
- Hayes Monument: 20.5 mi
- Hayes Hall Bell: 20.5 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 8.5 mi
- VUL Sign: 20.5 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 20.7 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 20.7 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 21.9 mi
- Big Spring: 17.0 mi
- Hunting Spring: 23.3 mi
- Marble Spring: 24.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.1 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 12.1 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 21.3 mi
- Explore Park: 21.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 18.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.6 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Turner Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,215 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,167 m | 16.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNW 337° | 1,119 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NNW 330° | 1,074 m | 16.5 mi |
| No Business Mountain | NNE 15° | 837 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NNW 330° | 806 m | 17.4 mi |
| Taylors Mountain | NW 315° | 776 m | 16.3 mi |
| Porter Mountain | WNW 300° | 744 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
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 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496335 — Turner Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583923
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