Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 476 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonebridge Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 476 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 2 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 5 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stonebridge Park: 1.0 mi
- Goode Park: 1.2 mi
- Vineyark Park East: 2.3 mi
- Vineyard Park West: 2.5 mi
- Mayflower Hills Park: 3.0 mi
- Horsepen Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Stewart Knob: 2.1 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Weaver Knob: 2.2 mi
- Greens Knob: 4.0 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 1.8 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 5.0 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 5.1 mi
- 28 Wells Avenue, N.W.: 5.2 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 2.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 5.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 5.1 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 5.1 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 5.5 mi
- Explore Park: 2.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.9 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 12.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 5.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 5.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 6.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 7.6 mi
- The Rock: 11.5 mi
- Roanoke Star: 5.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 5.4 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 5.4 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 10.7 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 17.5 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 5.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 7.4 mi
- Victory Garden: 17.4 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 20.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 21.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 21.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 23.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 13.3 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 18.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.6 mi
- Howrytown: 11.3 mi
- Big Spring: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | SW 220° | 1,083 m | 14.5 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NW 307° | 974 m | 13.1 mi |
| Masons Knob | SW 235° | 961 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WSW 240° | 935 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tinker Mountain | NW 322° | 888 m | 13.6 mi |
| Harveys Knob | NNE 30° | 809 m | 13.5 mi |
| Blue Knob | NNE 23° | 804 m | 10.5 mi |
| Twelve O'clock Knob | W 261° | 792 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586640
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 5 mi
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