Balsam Mountain
Balsam Mountain rises to 1,403 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-northeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitetop Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49010586, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1403 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.7 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.0 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 26 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 26 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 27 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitetop Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Rogers: 2.1 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.3 mi
- Beech Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 11.7 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Ashe County Park: 15.8 mi
- Family Central: 17.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 17.2 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 13.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 15.6 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 16.8 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 17.7 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 19.0 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 7.5 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 9.4 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 13.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 20.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.2 mi
- AT2020: 11.0 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 11.0 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 11.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 14.8 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 17.2 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 4.1 mi
- Listening Rock: 4.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 11.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 11.8 mi
- Brig Spring: 7.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 9.5 mi
- Big Spring: 20.6 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Trials Playground: 20.1 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 23.6 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 11.6 mi
- Wooly: 19.0 mi
- Heartwood: 23.7 mi
- Backbone Rock: 13.6 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 16.8 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 23.6 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Balsam Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ENE 67° | 1,744 m | 2.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | E 85° | 1,689 m | 3.4 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,684 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 79° | 1,684 m | 3.3 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WSW 247° | 1,553 m | 2.3 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | ESE 110° | 1,551 m | 4.4 mi |
| Grave Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,540 m | 3.6 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,526 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499087 — Balsam Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586556
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