First Peak
First Peak rises to 1,405 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the west, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49028981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1405 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.2 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Alligator Back Overlook · 22 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 22 mi
- Basin Cove Overlook · 23 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Second Peak: 0.7 mi
- Third Peak: 1.2 mi
- Stone Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Pinnacle: 3.5 mi
- Wilburn Ridge: 3.6 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
- Ashe County Park: 15.2 mi
- Family Central: 15.7 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 15.7 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 17.4 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 14.6 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 14.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 16.5 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 3.6 mi
- Listening Rock: 4.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 18.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 18.8 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 22.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 12.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 15.1 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 16.3 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 21.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 23.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 23.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.7 mi
- AT2020: 18.0 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 18.0 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 18.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 21.8 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 23.2 mi
- Brig Spring: 14.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 15.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.1 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Backbone Rock: 20.5 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 22.0 mi
- Alligator Back: 22.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 18.7 mi
- Wooly: 23.1 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Elk Shoals: 20.1 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of First Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | W 273° | 1,744 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | W 266° | 1,689 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 271° | 1,684 m | 3.8 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | W 262° | 1,684 m | 8.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | W 261° | 1,553 m | 9.2 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SW 235° | 1,551 m | 3.5 mi |
| Grave Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,540 m | 6.7 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,526 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:34 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK Creek 4ssw, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586697
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