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Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area

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Elevation
486 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Cooks Knob653 m · 17.7 mi
Nearest byway
Blue Ridge Parkway26.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:42local time
Coordinates
36.8151, -79.7144
Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a recorded 486 m. Cooks Knob stands 653 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 26 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Elevation
486 m
Operated by
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks KnobWNW 301°653 m17.7 mi
Fork MountainWNW 290°593 m7.5 mi
Smith MountainNNE 31°590 m16.0 mi
Hogpen MountainWSW 258°560 m23.1 mi
Brown HillWNW 284°556 m17.6 mi
Graveyard KnobNW 309°551 m21.0 mi
Coles KnobNW 312°550 m19.9 mi
Beech MountainWNW 294°539 m16.7 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5719:31
June solstice06:0120:0320:42
September equinox07:0718:4319:17
December solstice07:2916:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946566472767468574639
Precip in3.83.04.13.64.54.44.04.25.13.63.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville Fltr PLT, 11 mi away.

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