Cove Mountain
Cove Mountain rises to 922 m in Virginia. Arnolds Knob stands 1,186 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dragon's Tooth, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49022422, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 922 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 15 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 17 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sandstone Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Brush Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Bear Knob: 3.2 mi
- Fort Lewis Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Texas Knob: 3.7 mi
- Havens State Game Refuge: 3.7 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 6.9 mi
- Lake Spring Park: 7.5 mi
- Biergarten: 7.5 mi
- Wayside Park: 7.9 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 2.9 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 12.1 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Salem Museum: 8.3 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 12.7 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 13.8 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 14.3 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 11.0 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 12.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 14.2 mi
- The Solar Wind: 7.9 mi
- The Rock: 7.9 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 12.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 13.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 0.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.5 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Bear Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 7.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 7.5 mi
- Keffer Oak: 11.1 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 14.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 14.0 mi
- Beale Garden: 12.8 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 14.8 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 15.9 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 18.8 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 18.9 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 19.7 mi
- Big Spring: 21.8 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 22.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 17.0 mi
- Camp Creek: 17.0 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 21.2 mi
- Middle Cascades: 21.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 21.1 mi
- Howrytown: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Knob | NW 314° | 1,186 m | 13.0 mi |
| Poor Mountain | S 174° | 1,141 m | 11.4 mi |
| Kelly Knob | W 268° | 1,141 m | 14.7 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | NW 309° | 1,136 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,117 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 335° | 1,108 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hanging Rock | N 354° | 1,102 m | 14.0 mi |
| Earn Knob | N 355° | 1,097 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:07 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583410
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 14 mi
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