Bluff Mountain
Bluff Mountain rises to 1,480 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Balsam Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49014567, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1480 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.4 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 25 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls · 25 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balsam Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Whitetop Mountain: 1.7 mi
- North Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.2 mi
- Beech Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 11.7 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Ashe County Park: 14.3 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 15.6 mi
- Family Central: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 14.2 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 14.8 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 15.3 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 16.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 20.4 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 21.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 21.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 21.5 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 21.6 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 7.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 9.4 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 11.5 mi
- AT2020: 10.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 10.9 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 11.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 14.6 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.2 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 3.9 mi
- Listening Rock: 4.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 11.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 11.8 mi
- Brig Spring: 7.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 8.8 mi
- Big Spring: 22.2 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Trials Playground: 19.0 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 22.6 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 11.6 mi
- Wooly: 20.4 mi
- Heartwood: 24.0 mi
- Backbone Rock: 13.3 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 23.2 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 15.3 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 23.9 mi
- Elk Shoals: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Bluff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | NE 39° | 1,744 m | 3.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ENE 61° | 1,689 m | 3.9 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | WNW 304° | 1,684 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 55° | 1,684 m | 3.9 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WNW 289° | 1,553 m | 2.2 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | E 88° | 1,551 m | 4.1 mi |
| Grave Mountain | N 11° | 1,540 m | 5.1 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | E 85° | 1,526 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356584365
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