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Black Hill

Black Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Black Hill rises to 771 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Knob, a peak 2.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49013417, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
771 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.96762, -81.52678

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 11.6 mi
  • Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 13.6 mi
  • Cavitt's Creek Park: 13.9 mi
  • Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 14.7 mi
  • Overlook Park: 15.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 3
Museums: 3
  • Smyth County Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Wooly: 14.4 mi
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Big Pinnacle: 23.3 mi
  • Listening Rock: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Black Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainNE 38°1,437 m10.0 mi
Flattop MountainW 261°1,379 m13.3 mi
Morris KnobNW 319°1,358 m7.5 mi
Hutchinson RockNE 37°1,348 m11.7 mi
Chestnut KnobNE 48°1,344 m9.4 mi
Brushy MountainW 268°1,323 m14.0 mi
Knob MountainNNW 335°1,270 m7.9 mi
Clinch MountainN 353°1,265 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:0820:1120:50
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:3616:3317:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340495765686761504033
Precip in4.03.74.44.04.74.34.64.03.63.23.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356581719

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