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Broad Top

Broad Top, seen from above at true elevation

Broad Top rises to 830 m in Virginia. Cow Knob stands 1,231 m to the west-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Lick Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
830 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.66839, -78.98673

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 16
Artworks: 12
Springs: 11
  • Sand Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Hall Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Maple Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Shenandoah Alum Springs: 14.9 mi
  • Beaver Creek Spring: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 6
  • Treasure Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Bryce Resort: 15.7 mi
  • Shenandoah Caverns: 17.4 mi
  • Seneca Caverns: 22.6 mi
  • Fear Forest: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Broad Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cow KnobWNW 286°1,231 m5.8 mi
Feedstone MountainSW 226°1,174 m7.4 mi
Tomahawk MountainSW 236°1,137 m6.2 mi
Bald KnobSW 216°1,124 m6.7 mi
Second MountainSSW 193°1,087 m7.9 mi
Middle MountainSW 235°1,082 m10.4 mi
Brushy MountainSW 230°1,070 m6.3 mi
Rader MountainWSW 249°1,067 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5220:0520:45
September equinox07:0418:4019:15
December solstice07:3116:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271757366554436
Precip in2.72.23.23.34.03.94.13.83.72.52.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356570686

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