Compton Mountain
Compton Mountain rises to 795 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mullins Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 795 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 18.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lovers Leap Overlook · 24 mi
- Mill Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Towers Overlook · 24 mi
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mullins Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Pilgrim Knob: 3.5 mi
- Sugar Cove Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Horn Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Bradshaw Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Bradshaw Park: 6.3 mi
- Coal Camp Park: 6.5 mi
- Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- TMI Park: 9.9 mi
- Williams Park: 13.0 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 8.1 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 21.5 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 24.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 24.0 mi
- The Breaks: 24.8 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 23.9 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 24.0 mi
- Hix: 12.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.3 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Compton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | S 185° | 1,429 m | 23.9 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,379 m | 23.6 mi |
| Morris Knob | SE 139° | 1,358 m | 20.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | S 169° | 1,323 m | 22.1 mi |
| Peak 4300 | S 181° | 1,311 m | 22.6 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SE 133° | 1,270 m | 20.4 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | SE 132° | 1,265 m | 23.9 mi |
| Whiterock Mountain | S 169° | 1,218 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grundy, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1465149 — Compton Mountain, Buchanan County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560965
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