Beech Mountain
Beech Mountain rises to 539 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Haw Patch Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011819, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 539 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 10 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 11 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 11 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waid Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
- Jamison Mill Park: 6.0 mi
- Horseshoe Point Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Salthouse Branch Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Twin Ridge Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Haw Patch Hill: 1.2 mi
- Thornton Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cooks Knob: 2.3 mi
- Brown Hill: 3.0 mi
- Brier Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 10.7 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 22.1 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 2.0 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 10.0 mi
- Caboose: 14.3 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 17.1 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 18.2 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 20.6 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 23.1 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 23.7 mi
- Rorer Hall: 25.0 mi
- White Falls: 10.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 17.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 17.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 16.8 mi
- One Clear View: 17.8 mi
- Roanoke Star: 23.7 mi
- Brush: 19.8 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 23.7 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 23.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 24.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 24.9 mi
- Calico Rock: 7.1 mi
- Cracker Point: 11.4 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Beech Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | N 355° | 1,083 m | 14.3 mi |
| Rocky Knob | WSW 252° | 1,080 m | 20.4 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | WSW 258° | 985 m | 14.8 mi |
| Panther Knob | WSW 258° | 983 m | 20.2 mi |
| Richwood Knob | SW 221° | 977 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SW 221° | 977 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bent Mountain | NNW 339° | 975 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | NNW 339° | 972 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500062 — Beech Mountain, Franklin County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586979
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 25 mi
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