Cliff Mountain
Cliff Mountain rises to 934 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bowling Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021010, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 934 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 3.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 17.7 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 24.2 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 5 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 5 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 5 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duffield Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Cadet Park: 6.8 mi
- Frog Level Park: 7.0 mi
- Carnes Gym Field: 7.1 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 7.2 mi
- Bowling Knob: 1.1 mi
- Butt of Powell Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Elk Knob: 5.0 mi
- Stocker Knob: 5.0 mi
- Purchase Knob: 6.4 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 4.7 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 11.9 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 13.2 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 15.0 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 17.8 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 12.4 mi
- The Rounds: 16.7 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Kit Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 3.3 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 3.4 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 7.2 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 7.4 mi
- June Tolliver House: 7.5 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 19.5 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 22.1 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 14.4 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 19.5 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 24.8 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 19.6 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Cliff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NE 45° | 1,288 m | 13.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,259 m | 11.9 mi |
| The Doubles | NNW 336° | 1,247 m | 11.1 mi |
| Eagle Knob | NE 49° | 1,196 m | 13.9 mi |
| Camp Rock | NE 50° | 1,188 m | 13.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNW 330° | 1,123 m | 10.1 mi |
| MCD 173 | WNW 296° | 1,096 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bowling Knob | NNE 16° | 1,075 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Stone GAP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581806
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 21 mi
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