First Mountain
First Mountain rises to 854 m in Virginia. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,210 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49028974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 854 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- The Saddle Overlook · 21 mi
- Rock Castle Gorge · 21 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 25 mi
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Onion Ring: 4.4 mi
- Pulaski Bike Park: 5.8 mi
- Newbern Historic District: 6.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 6.7 mi
- Pulaski Wayside Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.2 mi
- High Knoll Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Irish Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Locust Thicket Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Montgomery County Bicentennial: 16.8 mi
- Montgomery County War Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Montgomery County Confederate Monument: 16.8 mi
- African American Memory & Storyboard: 16.8 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 16.1 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 16.8 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 17.9 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 19.4 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 20.0 mi
- DAK Lights: 7.3 mi
- Modern Art: 17.8 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 18.9 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 20.6 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 21.0 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 22.6 mi
- Crooked Creek: 22.6 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 6.5 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 6.5 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 11.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 20.4 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 21.2 mi
- High Point: 18.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Waterfront: 1.8 mi
- Water Front: 4.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 16.7 mi
- One Clear View: 19.8 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 19.0 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 10.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of First Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | SE 143° | 1,210 m | 16.8 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 295° | 1,153 m | 19.0 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SE 131° | 1,081 m | 19.7 mi |
| Dead Pine Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,048 m | 4.4 mi |
| Indian Ridge | SE 137° | 1,037 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bear Knob | S 182° | 1,032 m | 5.5 mi |
| Macks Mountain | S 171° | 1,027 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bullard Knob | S 171° | 1,027 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski 2 E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1466590 — First Mountain, Pulaski County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356561633
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