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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. 154 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q19600652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1188 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.88121, -82.61543

154 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
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: 12
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
Attractions: 6
  • Devil's Bathtub: 5.1 mi
  • Spearhead Trails: 7.9 mi
  • Portal 30: 17.7 mi
  • Train: 17.7 mi
  • Train: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Woodbooger Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 6.9 mi
  • War memorial Honor Roll: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grounds: 7.0 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 KnobNW 315°1,288 m1.1 mi
Black MountainW 279°1,259 m15.5 mi
The DoublesW 277°1,247 m14.6 mi
Eagle KnobNNE 30°1,196 m0.9 mi
Little MountainW 268°1,130 m1.0 mi
Potato HillW 272°1,123 m15.1 mi
Bowling KnobSW 233°1,075 m12.1 mi
Huff RockWSW 241°1,070 m4.2 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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