Fivemile Mountain
Fivemile Mountain rises to 801 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Smart View Recreation Area, a picnic site 5.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49029189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 801 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 3 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 4 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 5 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rennet Bag Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Piedmont Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District: 9.5 mi
- Ryans Branch Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Jamison Mill Park: 9.8 mi
- Mines Branch Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Graveyard Knob: 6.6 mi
- Turners Knob: 7.0 mi
- Shortts Knob: 8.0 mi
- Cooks Knob: 8.0 mi
- Coles Knob: 8.1 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Monument: 18.4 mi
- Montgomery County War Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Montgomery County Confederate Monument: 18.5 mi
- African American Memory & Storyboard: 18.5 mi
- Montgomery County Bicentennial: 18.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 7.1 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 11.8 mi
- Caboose: 13.4 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 16.6 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 17.7 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 13.9 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 16.9 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 20.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 21.3 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 21.5 mi
- The Solar Wind: 21.8 mi
- The Rock: 21.9 mi
- One Clear View: 11.3 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 18.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 18.4 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 18.7 mi
- Roanoke Star: 21.2 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 21.0 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 21.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 23.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 9.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 9.5 mi
- White Falls: 10.3 mi
- Cracker Point: 6.9 mi
- Calico Rock: 8.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.2 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Water Front: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Fivemile Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | NE 34° | 1,083 m | 11.0 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SW 226° | 1,080 m | 16.5 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | SW 225° | 1,049 m | 18.1 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | SW 220° | 985 m | 10.8 mi |
| Panther Knob | SW 233° | 983 m | 15.4 mi |
| Tinsley Knob | SW 220° | 981 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bent Mountain | N 6° | 975 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | N 6° | 972 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582550
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- Roanoke · 22 mi
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