Butt of Powell Mountain
Butt of Powell Mountain rises to 863 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Eliza Knob, a peak 2.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 863 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 2.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 25.4 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 8 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 8 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eliza Knob: 2.7 mi
- Stocker Knob: 3.5 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 4.0 mi
- Elk Knob: 4.6 mi
- Cliff Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Duffield Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Leeman Field Park: 8.3 mi
- Cadet Park: 9.0 mi
- Frog Level Park: 9.3 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 9.7 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 8.2 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 8.7 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 11.5 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 18.7 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 20.1 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 4.7 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 5.5 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 9.7 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 10.0 mi
- June Tolliver House: 10.1 mi
- The Rounds: 13.6 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Miller Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 14.9 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 17.5 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 18.3 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 23.4 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Butt of Powell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NE 54° | 1,288 m | 17.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 356° | 1,259 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Doubles | N 1° | 1,247 m | 11.0 mi |
| Eagle Knob | ENE 56° | 1,196 m | 18.1 mi |
| Camp Rock | ENE 58° | 1,188 m | 17.3 mi |
| Potato Hill | N 357° | 1,123 m | 9.6 mi |
| MCD 173 | NW 307° | 1,096 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bowling Knob | ENE 69° | 1,075 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:39 | 17:20 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1464181 — Butt of Powell Mountain, Lee County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560550
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 24 mi
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