Walnut Mountain
Walnut Mountain rises to 415 m in Virginia. Peters Mountain stands 550 m to the northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49087479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 415 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 29.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 11 mi
- Bacon Hollow Overlook · 21 mi
- Swift Run Overlook · 21 mi
- Sandy Bottom Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hightop: 2.0 mi
- Dowell Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Peters Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Broadhead Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Barboursville Community Park: 5.3 mi
- Preddy Creek Trail Park: 6.1 mi
- Gordonsville Historic District: 7.3 mi
- Cooke Park: 7.4 mi
- Verling Park: 7.5 mi
- Speech Stump: 8.5 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 8.5 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 9.7 mi
- Looking for Ice: 9.7 mi
- The Biker: 9.9 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 9.4 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 9.6 mi
- November 13, 2022 Memorial Tree and Plaque: 11.1 mi
- Union Mills Dam: 11.1 mi
- Union Mills Lock: 11.1 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 9.3 mi
- CATS Grove: 9.4 mi
- The Grove: 9.5 mi
- West Lawn: 9.8 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 7.3 mi
- Monticello: 9.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 9.9 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 10.2 mi
- Michie Tavern: 10.3 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 9.8 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 13.9 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 18.1 mi
- Lake Orange: 18.2 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 20.5 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 12.0 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 12.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 12.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 12.8 mi
- South River Falls: 21.8 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 22.6 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 22.6 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 23.0 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 23.7 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 13.3 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 23.8 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 10.1 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 11.3 mi
- Canada: 11.4 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Walnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Mountain | NE 40° | 550 m | 2.4 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | NW 309° | 533 m | 17.1 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | WSW 239° | 490 m | 17.1 mi |
| Carters Mountain | SW 229° | 477 m | 12.7 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | NE 42° | 458 m | 3.3 mi |
| Wolfpit Mountain | SW 230° | 454 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hightop | SW 235° | 445 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 225° | 442 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville Albemarle AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1476286 — Walnut Mountain, Albemarle County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356567123
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 10 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 29 mi
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