Carter Mountain
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
- 10.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 13.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 14 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brushy Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Steer Knob: 1.1 mi
- Goat Knob: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bryants Knob: 1.8 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 9.9 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 10.5 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 13.2 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Overlook Park: 17.7 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 14.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 18.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.6 mi
- Big Spring: 3.4 mi
- Sharon Springs: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.6 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 9.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.5 mi
- This Way: 22.0 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 10.7 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 11.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.9 mi
- Wooly: 17.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 21.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 13.9 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
- Hix: 19.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,437 m | 7.4 mi |
| Morris Knob | WNW 299° | 1,358 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | NNE 24° | 1,348 m | 9.1 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NE 36° | 1,344 m | 6.4 mi |
| East River Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,331 m | 13.0 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNE 15° | 1,304 m | 13.4 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NW 312° | 1,270 m | 9.0 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | NE 53° | 1,270 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:33 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
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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