Willoughby Mountain
Willoughby Mountain rises to 562 m in Virginia. Crawford Knob stands 918 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bailey Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090211, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 562 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 13 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 13 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 13 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Creek Park: 5.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 10.2 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 13.8 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 14.1 mi
- Bailey Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mosby Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Ball Mountain: 2.5 mi
- The Horseshoe: 3.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 20.1 mi
- Mountain Man: 20.4 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 20.5 mi
- Bear Statue: 20.5 mi
- George Welsh: 21.9 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 4.4 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 4.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 8.9 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 15.7 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 19.7 mi
- Mirador: 16.5 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 20.3 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 20.7 mi
- Locust Hill: 21.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 20.3 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 20.9 mi
- Student Garden: 22.0 mi
- Keunen Garden: 22.9 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 22.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 5.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 6.2 mi
- James River at Wingina: 11.5 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 19.9 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 12.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 13.1 mi
- Hickory Spring: 13.4 mi
- Coiner Spring: 19.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 19.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 4.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 16.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 21.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 21.8 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 23.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 12.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 3.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 9.0 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Canada: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Willoughby Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Knob | NW 325° | 918 m | 11.0 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | WNW 296° | 741 m | 7.2 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNE 14° | 726 m | 9.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 16° | 722 m | 11.1 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 286° | 720 m | 7.6 mi |
| High Top Mountain | W 271° | 678 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 247° | 677 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pats Knob | W 272° | 660 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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/356567517
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 23 mi
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