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Carter Mountain

Carter Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Carter Mountain rises to 853 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the north-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Brushy Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018290, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
853 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.98289, -81.46650

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
  • Smyth County Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Wooly: 17.9 mi
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Big Pinnacle: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Carter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainNNE 23°1,437 m7.4 mi
Morris KnobWNW 299°1,358 m9.5 mi
Hutchinson RockNNE 24°1,348 m9.1 mi
Chestnut KnobNE 36°1,344 m6.4 mi
East River MountainNNE 12°1,331 m13.0 mi
Chimney RockNNE 15°1,304 m13.4 mi
Knob MountainNW 312°1,270 m9.0 mi
Greaver BenchmarkNE 53°1,270 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:0720:1120:49
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3616:3317:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340495765686761504033
Precip in4.03.74.44.04.74.34.64.03.63.23.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496833 — Carter Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356584379

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