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Camp Rock

Camp Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Camp Rock rises to 1,188 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the northwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 3.6 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

The story

Camp Rock (elevation: 3,898 feet (1,188 m)) is a summit in Wise and Scott counties, Virginia, in the United States. Camp Rock was named from a campsite at a cliff used by pioneers.

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Wikidata Q19600652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,188 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.88121, -82.61543

145 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Parks: 52
  • Legion Park: 3.1 mi
  • Locust Avenue Park: 3.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 3.7 mi
  • Norton City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Clear Creek Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 10
  • June Tolliver House: 8.7 mi
  • Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Southwest Virginia Museum: 9.2 mi
  • Fannon Train Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Devil's Bathtub: 5.1 mi
  • Spearhead Trails: 7.9 mi
  • Portal 30: 17.7 mi
  • Train: 17.7 mi
  • Portal 31: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Woodbooger Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 6.9 mi
  • War memorial Honor Roll: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Abrams Falls: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobNW1,288 m1.1 mi
The DoublesW1,247 m14.6 mi
Eagle KnobNNE1,196 m0.9 mi
Little MountainW1,130 m1.0 mi
Potato HillW1,123 m15.1 mi
Bowling KnobSW1,075 m12.1 mi
Huff RockWSW1,070 m4.2 mi
Little Stone MountainWNW1,044 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:43
June solstice06:1220:1520:54
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:4016:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744546168717065554537
Precip in4.34.44.74.84.64.95.84.13.62.93.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586616

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