Bald Rock
Bald Rock rises to 1,178 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Russell County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,178 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 12.2 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Peak 4300: 2.8 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Arkansas Hill: 3.0 mi
- Redrock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Overlook Park: 8.7 mi
- Williams Park: 8.8 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 13.7 mi
- Old Mill Park: 14.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 14.4 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 14.6 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 19.5 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 19.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 5.7 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 6.5 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 12.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 6.6 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 17.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 19.0 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 19.7 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 19.8 mi
- Wooly: 6.6 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 15.0 mi
- Heartwood: 21.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 22.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Pinnacle: 12.7 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 24.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.3 mi
- Big Spring: 19.3 mi
- Brig Spring: 24.9 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 22.8 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 23.2 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 22.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 23.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 18.8 mi
- Hix: 20.7 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Bald Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,429 m | 4.9 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,379 m | 3.5 mi |
| Morris Knob | ENE 62° | 1,358 m | 12.7 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,345 m | 3.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | E 101° | 1,323 m | 2.2 mi |
| Peak 4300 | WSW 240° | 1,311 m | 2.8 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | SW 234° | 1,287 m | 15.1 mi |
| Knob Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,270 m | 14.8 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 | 07:38 | 16:34 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499083 — Bald Rock, Russell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586550
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