The Breaks
The Breaks is a cliff in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 446 m. Big A Mountain stands 1,126 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Chimney, a peak 0.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.9 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Height
- 332 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 12.9 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock · 1 mi
- Clinchfield Overlook · 1 mi
- State Line Overlook · 1 mi
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 1 mi
104 named places within 25 miles
- The Chimney: 0.8 mi
- The Towers: 1.0 mi
- Skegg Knob: 2.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 2.5 mi
- Blue Head Rock: 3.2 mi
- Pine Mountain Trail State Park: 1.8 mi
- Elkhorn City Park: 2.5 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 4.9 mi
- Haysi Town Park: 5.7 mi
- Poplar Gap Park: 8.7 mi
- Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 2.6 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 12.5 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 12.5 mi
- Pike County Hall of Justice: 17.4 mi
- Matewan Depot: 24.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 5.7 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 19.9 mi
- Pound Gap: 19.9 mi
- Wise County: 20.0 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 21.1 mi
- Old Fashion Elk: 2.6 mi
- Crazy Eyes Elk: 2.6 mi
- Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours: 24.4 mi
- AirBoat Rides and Tours: 24.4 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 0.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 1.2 mi
- Jonkan: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Breaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big A Mountain | SE 137° | 1,126 m | 22.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | SW 229° | 917 m | 24.4 mi |
| Skeet Rock Knob | WSW 245° | 909 m | 4.5 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | SE 126° | 848 m | 21.7 mi |
| Osborne Mountain | ESE 107° | 840 m | 23.9 mi |
| Keen Mountain | E 100° | 834 m | 21.1 mi |
| Skegg Knob | WSW 243° | 827 m | 2.4 mi |
| Horn Mountain | E 101° | 811 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:35 | 17:16 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Breaks Interstate Park, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1144957015
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