Nature reserve · Virginia
Clinch Mountain WMA
Clinch Mountain WMA is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 574 m. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
How to reach it
Coordinates36.85182, -81.84939
- 5.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Hall Knob: 2.5 mi
- Poor Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.4 mi
- Rich Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Rock House Mountain: 4.5 mi
Parks: 27
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
- Historic Whites Mill: 9.6 mi
- Munchkin Park: 11.2 mi
- Children's Park: 11.7 mi
- Landon Boyd Park: 11.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 2.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 2.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 3.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 4.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 12.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 12.7 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 12.8 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 15.5 mi
Museums: 6
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 5.1 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 12.1 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 12.3 mi
- William King Museum: 12.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Morrison Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Pinnacle: 13.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Backbone Rock: 17.9 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 19.8 mi
Springs: 5
- Cold Spring: 14.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 18.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 19.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 20.3 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
Artworks: 4
- Wooly: 5.1 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 13.2 mi
- Heartwood: 13.7 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 4
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.3 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 15.7 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 24.3 mi
- Listening Rock: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 16.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 16.1 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 1
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- John Douglas Wayside: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Clinch Mountain WMA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,429 m | 5.8 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NE 38° | 1,379 m | 7.6 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,345 m | 5.4 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,323 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sharp Top | SE 126° | 1,316 m | 17.4 mi |
| Peak 4300 | N 353° | 1,311 m | 6.5 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | W 264° | 1,287 m | 10.7 mi |
| Middle Knob | W 281° | 1,264 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/40151438
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