Woods Mountain
Woods Mountain rises to 550 m in Virginia. The Priest stands 1,227 m to the west, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortune's Cove Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49090959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 550 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 9 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 10 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Top Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mills Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Pats Knob: 2.3 mi
- Peebles Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.0 mi
- Simpson Park: 15.8 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 16.3 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 17.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 1.3 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.5 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 9.9 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 19.1 mi
- Hickory Spring: 10.1 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 10.5 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.4 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 15.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 1.0 mi
- James River at Wingina: 14.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 16.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 19.5 mi
- Mirador: 18.0 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 22.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 23.1 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 24.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 12.1 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 15.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 22.9 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 1.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 11.5 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 16.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 23.9 mi
- Mountain Man: 24.3 mi
- Bear Statue: 24.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 5.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 21.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 23.6 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 24.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 7.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Woods Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priest | W 281° | 1,227 m | 10.0 mi |
| Three Ridges | NW 310° | 1,210 m | 7.1 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,172 m | 9.4 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNW 336° | 1,172 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Priest | W 274° | 1,133 m | 10.3 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,050 m | 8.5 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 304° | 974 m | 7.1 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | NW 316° | 950 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1488481 — Woods Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575711
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 28 mi
- Lynchburg · 30 mi
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