Board Mountain
Board Mountain rises to 451 m in Virginia. Sharp Top Mountain stands 1,167 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kasey Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49014596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 451 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 8 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 12 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 12 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kasey Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Buck and Doe Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bramletts Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Mead Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Moneta Park: 5.9 mi
- Mayflower Hills Park: 8.4 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 8.8 mi
- Goode Park: 8.9 mi
- Jae Valley Park: 9.1 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 8.9 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 10.0 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 12.3 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 12.3 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 10.3 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 12.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 12.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 12.3 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 12.3 mi
- Explore Park: 6.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 15.2 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 18.6 mi
- Rhinoceros: 12.1 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 12.6 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 12.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 13.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 14.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 12.2 mi
- Victory Garden: 12.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 15.0 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 9.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.6 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 12.6 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 12.6 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 12.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 17.8 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 19.3 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 22.9 mi
- Big Spring: 16.8 mi
- Howrytown: 17.5 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Board Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Top Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,167 m | 16.0 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NNE 24° | 1,074 m | 15.7 mi |
| Harveys Knob | N 0° | 809 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NNE 22° | 806 m | 16.5 mi |
| Blue Knob | N 349° | 804 m | 13.8 mi |
| Weaver Knob | NW 316° | 784 m | 7.9 mi |
| Foster Knob | NNW 346° | 778 m | 10.8 mi |
| Taylors Mountain | NNE 15° | 776 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494844 — Board Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583297
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 12 mi
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