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Double Top

Double Top, seen from above at true elevation

Double Top rises to 1,382 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south-southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49025639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1382 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.70289, -81.57012

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 20
  • Laurel Creek Park: 13.0 mi
  • Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
  • Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 16.3 mi
  • Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 16.5 mi
  • Ashe County Park: 19.2 mi
Museums: 8
  • Smyth County Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 16.3 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 20.2 mi
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Historic sites: 6
  • AT2020: 12.5 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 12.6 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 13.2 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 16.5 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 4
Springs: 4
  • Brig Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Newman Basket Company: 13.0 mi
  • Wooly: 16.3 mi
  • Heartwood: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Trials Playground: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Double Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersSSE 155°1,744 m3.3 mi
Wilburn RidgeSE 140°1,689 m4.5 mi
Pine MountainSE 139°1,684 m4.2 mi
Whitetop MountainSSW 204°1,684 m4.8 mi
Buzzard RockSSW 209°1,553 m5.3 mi
Little PinnacleSE 146°1,551 m6.4 mi
Grave MountainSE 129°1,540 m0.6 mi
Haw Orchard MountainSSE 146°1,526 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:0920:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3417:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536270737267554437
Precip in3.83.84.34.34.34.45.14.53.53.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499352 — Double Top, Smyth County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356586671

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