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Breaks Interstate Park

Breaks Interstate Park from directly overhead

Breaks Interstate Park is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 548 m. Big A Mountain stands 1,126 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The Towers, a peak 0.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
548 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28221, -82.29507

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 25
  • Pine Mountain Trail State Park: 2.6 mi
  • Elkhorn City Park: 3.4 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 4.4 mi
  • Haysi Town Park: 5.2 mi
  • Poplar Gap Park: 7.8 mi
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Old Fashion Elk: 3.4 mi
  • Crazy Eyes Elk: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours: 24.5 mi
  • AirBoat Rides and Tours: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Breaks Interstate Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big A MountainSE 138°1,126 m21.3 mi
Skeet Rock KnobWSW 253°909 m5.1 mi
Wolfpen KnobESE 109°860 m24.6 mi
Fuller MountainSE 126°848 m20.9 mi
Osborne MountainESE 107°840 m23.1 mi
Keen MountainE 100°834 m20.3 mi
Skegg KnobWSW 257°827 m3.0 mi
Horn MountainE 100°811 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1020:1520:54
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4016:3517:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644546269727266554437

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Breaks Interstate Park, under a mile away.

  • Eastern Newt59 obs
  • White-tailed Deer46 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard34 obs
  • mountain laurel28 obs
  • galax27 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain24 obs
  • striped maple23 obs
  • American cancer-root23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/482126266

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