Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 1,070 m in Virginia. Stone Mountain stands 1,503 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020092, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,070 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 21.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 28.1 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Locust Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Glade Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 4.8 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 19.2 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 19.2 mi
- Big Spring: 7.8 mi
- Sharon Springs: 17.3 mi
- Brig Spring: 21.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.1 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 20.5 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 22.4 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 14.5 mi
- Listening Rock: 15.2 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 24.1 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 24.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 5.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 19.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.7 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 20.5 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 23.9 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 24.4 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 17.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.2 mi
- Wooly: 19.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 24.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,503 m | 11.2 mi |
| Third Peak | SSW 192° | 1,502 m | 11.1 mi |
| Second Peak | S 190° | 1,476 m | 11.4 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SE 136° | 1,359 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | SW 215° | 1,355 m | 10.4 mi |
| Flat Top | SW 217° | 1,341 m | 10.9 mi |
| Canadays Ridge | SE 137° | 1,320 m | 7.2 mi |
| Seng Mountain | SW 220° | 1,274 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK Creek 4ssw, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581798
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