Flat Top Mountain
Flat Top Mountain rises to 1,179 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Run Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Giles County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49029539, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,179 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 16.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 22.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Run Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Double Mountain: 4.0 mi
- High Point: 4.0 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Spring Knob: 5.8 mi
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Park: 6.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Camp Success Campground: 7.2 mi
- New River Valley Fairgrounds: 12.4 mi
- This Way: 15.5 mi
- Stone Arch: 15.9 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 21.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 9.5 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 14.8 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 14.9 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 15.5 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 24.1 mi
- DAK Lights: 14.0 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 20.6 mi
- Modern Art: 20.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 22.1 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 24.8 mi
- High Point: 4.0 mi
- Barneys Wall: 17.7 mi
- Barney's Wall: 17.8 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 20.9 mi
- Bear Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 23.8 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 24.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 14.3 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 14.3 mi
- City Garden: 15.8 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 18.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 24.5 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 16.7 mi
- Junta: 19.1 mi
- Warford: 20.6 mi
- Lilly: 24.4 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 19.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 23.9 mi
- Waterfront: 22.2 mi
- Water Front: 23.5 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 4.2 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Flat Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 67° | 1,327 m | 19.7 mi |
| Butt Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,282 m | 16.2 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | ENE 58° | 1,256 m | 16.2 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | WNW 300° | 1,239 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,238 m | 0.9 mi |
| Brushy Top | NE 55° | 1,236 m | 18.1 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SW 225° | 1,224 m | 17.8 mi |
| Doe Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,211 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586983
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