Beech Mountain
Beech Mountain rises to 1,513 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011820, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,513 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.6 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 26 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 26 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 28 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Rock: 0.5 mi
- Whitetop Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Locust Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.0 mi
- Lost Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 9.1 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 14.9 mi
- Ashe County Park: 16.2 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 17.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 15.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 16.1 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 17.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 18.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 5.0 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 6.8 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 12.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 8.4 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 9.2 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 14.8 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 19.9 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 23.5 mi
- Brig Spring: 5.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 6.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 6.9 mi
- Big Spring: 22.3 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 6.5 mi
- Listening Rock: 6.7 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 8.8 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 9.2 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 20.1 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 25.0 mi
- Trials Playground: 17.7 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 21.2 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 9.0 mi
- Wooly: 18.5 mi
- Heartwood: 21.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 10.9 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 15.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 21.2 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Beech Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ENE 70° | 1,744 m | 4.8 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | E 79° | 1,689 m | 6.1 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | E 81° | 1,684 m | 1.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,684 m | 6.0 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | E 99° | 1,553 m | 0.5 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | E 96° | 1,551 m | 6.7 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | E 94° | 1,526 m | 6.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,503 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356575891
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