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Mumpower Park

Mumpower Park from directly overhead

Mumpower Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 517 m. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastern Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
517 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.60731, -82.17097

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 34
  • Cobra: 0.9 mi
  • Veterans War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial Tower: 1.7 mi
  • gross/morrel homestead: 4.6 mi
  • Veteran's of all Service Branches: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 10
Attractions: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • Abrams Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 3.9 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 4.3 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hampton Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.8 mi
  • Cave Spring: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Mumpower Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich KnobESE 123°1,295 m12.4 mi
Brumley MountainNNE 24°1,287 m17.4 mi
Grindstone KnobESE 115°1,282 m17.4 mi
Holston MountainSSE 153°1,264 m11.6 mi
Holston High KnobSSE 153°1,261 m11.6 mi
The ButtNNE 16°1,226 m16.3 mi
Locust KnobESE 122°1,223 m12.5 mi
McQueen KnobE 100°1,177 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1120:1320:51
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3816:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845546370747367564538
Precip in3.83.94.54.44.44.34.73.83.32.83.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 12 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly28 obs
  • Canada Goose21 obs
  • Great Blue Heron12 obs
  • American tuliptree8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • American pokeweed7 obs
  • Christmas fern7 obs
  • sassafras7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/808089115

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