THE PINEY MOUNTAIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Piney Mountain CDP has 1.15 square miles of land in Albemarle County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Piney Mountain and Albemarle County
Piney Mountain is associated with Albemarle County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Piney Mountain by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Piney Mountain, or 2.2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for Albemarle County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Piney Mountain CDP has 17.8% of the land area of nearby Hollymead CDP (6.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

