Barton Mountain
Barton Mountain rises to 995 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Plummer Ridge, a peak 1.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49010949, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 995 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 26 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 30 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Plummer Ridge: 1.4 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bear Ridge: 2.1 mi
- East Seng Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 12.6 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 15.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 16.5 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 15.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.9 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 12.7 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 14.6 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 20.3 mi
- AT2020: 16.1 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 16.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 16.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 20.0 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 24.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 5.7 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 21.9 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 23.1 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 24.9 mi
- Big Spring: 13.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 13.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 15.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.3 mi
- Sharon Springs: 24.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 8.5 mi
- Listening Rock: 9.3 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 16.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 16.6 mi
- Wooly: 15.7 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 16.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 19.2 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Barton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | S 188° | 1,744 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | S 175° | 1,689 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 176° | 1,684 m | 6.6 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,684 m | 8.9 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSW 211° | 1,553 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | S 171° | 1,551 m | 8.8 mi |
| Grave Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,540 m | 4.2 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | S 173° | 1,526 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495237 — Barton Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583455
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