Turner Mountain
Turner Mountain rises to 259 m in Virginia. Tobacco Row Mountain stands 876 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085535, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 259 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 20.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 26 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Galts Mill Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Paradise Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Athos: 4.7 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 8.3 mi
- Luke Jordan, Blues Pioneer: 8.5 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 8.6 mi
- Supplying Lee's Army: 8.6 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 8.7 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 6.2 mi
- Coolwell Park: 6.8 mi
- Civitan Park: 7.1 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 7.8 mi
- Ruritan Park: 8.0 mi
- Amazement Square: 8.6 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 8.8 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 8.8 mi
- Lynchburg Museum: 8.9 mi
- Legacy Museum of African American History: 9.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 8.7 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 8.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 8.9 mi
- Diamond Hill Center Garden: 9.1 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 9.4 mi
- LOVE: 8.5 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 8.6 mi
- Lynchbug: 8.6 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 8.6 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 8.7 mi
- Point of Honor: 8.7 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 9.5 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 9.6 mi
- VUL Sign: 9.7 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 9.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 9.5 mi
- James River at Wingina: 19.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 22.5 mi
- Featherfin: 23.8 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 23.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 23.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 24.1 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 11.7 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 14.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Turner Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Row Mountain | NW 305° | 876 m | 13.4 mi |
| High Peak | NW 305° | 876 m | 13.4 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NW 326° | 760 m | 20.0 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | W 274° | 712 m | 19.5 mi |
| Shady Mountain | NW 321° | 687 m | 14.6 mi |
| Banks Mountain | NW 315° | 657 m | 20.0 mi |
| Fleming Mountain | W 270° | 645 m | 17.8 mi |
| Jackson Peak | W 273° | 643 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Appomattox, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1475985 — Turner Mountain, Appomattox County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356566782
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 9 mi
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