Flattop Mountain
Flattop Mountain rises to 1,379 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Whiterock Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49029675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1379 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Whiterock Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Redrock Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Sanders Hill: 3.3 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Overlook Park: 9.9 mi
- Williams Park: 10.6 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 16.3 mi
- Historic Whites Mill: 17.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 2.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 3.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 4.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 4.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 5.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 17.0 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 17.1 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 18.2 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 19.9 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 4.0 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 15.4 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 16.4 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 19.7 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 19.9 mi
- Wooly: 4.0 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 17.6 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 21.0 mi
- Heartwood: 21.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.2 mi
- Big Spring: 16.2 mi
- Brig Spring: 22.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 24.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Pinnacle: 15.8 mi
- Backbone Rock: 24.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 20.5 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 21.0 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 21.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 21.3 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 20.5 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 21.0 mi
- Hix: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Flattop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | W 264° | 1,429 m | 7.2 mi |
| Morris Knob | NE 47° | 1,358 m | 11.2 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,345 m | 2.5 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,323 m | 1.6 mi |
| Peak 4300 | W 275° | 1,311 m | 5.5 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NE 47° | 1,270 m | 13.4 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,265 m | 14.3 mi |
| Middle Knob | WSW 249° | 1,264 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:34 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487043 — Flattop Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574662
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