Barringer Mountain
Barringer Mountain rises to 712 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Plum Creek Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 712 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 21 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 21 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 22 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Plum Creek Park: 2.0 mi
- Wall Street Park: 2.1 mi
- Harkrader Sports Complex: 2.6 mi
- Christiansburg Huckleberry Park: 2.6 mi
- Downtown Park: 3.1 mi
- Price Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Poorhouse Knob: 3.5 mi
- Rose Hill: 4.1 mi
- Ingles Mountain: 5.6 mi
- High Knob: 6.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 18.0 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 3.4 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 4.4 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 5.9 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 6.9 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 7.2 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Bear Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 17.1 mi
- Barneys Wall: 17.1 mi
- High Point: 19.2 mi
- Modern Art: 5.2 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 6.2 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 6.5 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 6.5 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 6.9 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 3.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 15.5 mi
- One Clear View: 17.5 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 18.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 19.4 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 6.1 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 6.6 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 13.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 14.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 16.0 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 24.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 4.1 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Water Front: 11.7 mi
- Waterfront: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Barringer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 346° | 1,327 m | 15.1 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,282 m | 18.1 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NNW 332° | 1,256 m | 17.8 mi |
| Doe Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,211 m | 16.0 mi |
| Kelly Knob | N 6° | 1,141 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poor Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,141 m | 17.9 mi |
| Johns Creek Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,121 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | NNE 25° | 1,045 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Christiansburg, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570333
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