Big Flat Top
Big Flat Top rises to 897 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 4.3 miles off. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012416, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 897 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 14.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.6 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 21.1 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 14 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 15 mi
152 named places within 25 miles
- Legion Park: 5.6 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 5.7 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 5.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.1 mi
- Norton City Park: 6.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 0.9 mi
- Brushy Knob: 1.9 mi
- Black Hill: 2.2 mi
- Camp Rock: 2.7 mi
- Eagle Knob: 3.0 mi
- June Tolliver House: 10.8 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 11.1 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 11.2 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 15.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 16.0 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 13.3 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 14.9 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 17.5 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 17.9 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 20.7 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 21.2 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 5.2 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 8.0 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 22.8 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 8.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Flat Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NW 311° | 1,288 m | 3.8 mi |
| The Doubles | WNW 282° | 1,247 m | 17.0 mi |
| Eagle Knob | NNW 327° | 1,196 m | 3.0 mi |
| Camp Rock | NW 310° | 1,188 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,130 m | 3.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 277° | 1,123 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bowling Knob | WSW 245° | 1,075 m | 13.1 mi |
| Huff Rock | W 267° | 1,070 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494839 — Big Flat Top, Wise County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583289
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