Chimney Rock
Chimney Rock rises to 778 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the northwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Flat Top, a peak 0.9 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 5.0 miles off. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Scott County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020318, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 778 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 14.3 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 17.9 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 20.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 14 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 14 mi
152 named places within 25 miles
- Legion Park: 5.0 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 5.4 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.6 mi
- Norton City Park: 5.7 mi
- Big Flat Top: 0.9 mi
- Camp Rock: 2.0 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Knob: 2.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.7 mi
- June Tolliver House: 9.9 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 10.2 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 10.3 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 15.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 15.4 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 12.9 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 15.1 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 17.1 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 17.9 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 20.3 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 22.1 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 4.6 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 8.0 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 22.1 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 8.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chimney Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NW 320° | 1,288 m | 3.1 mi |
| The Doubles | WNW 282° | 1,247 m | 16.1 mi |
| Eagle Knob | NNW 342° | 1,196 m | 2.5 mi |
| Camp Rock | NW 322° | 1,188 m | 2.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | NW 305° | 1,130 m | 2.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 277° | 1,123 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bowling Knob | WSW 243° | 1,075 m | 12.3 mi |
| Huff Rock | W 265° | 1,070 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494874 — Chimney Rock, Scott County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583322
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