Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 1,074 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Snaggy Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,074 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.1 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 27.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grandview Overlook · 29 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 29 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 29 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snaggy Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Butt Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Fodderstack Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Locust Knob: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 10.6 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 13.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 2.3 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 3.1 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 10.6 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 14.4 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 18.0 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 11.3 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 14.7 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 14.9 mi
- William King Museum: 15.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 1.1 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 2.0 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 15.1 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 2.7 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 3.2 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 12.6 mi
- Listening Rock: 12.7 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 21.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 20.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 23.5 mi
- Trials Playground: 13.3 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 16.7 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 23.4 mi
- Brig Spring: 1.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 2.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 3.3 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 3.0 mi
- Heartwood: 15.6 mi
- Wooly: 17.9 mi
- Backbone Rock: 4.7 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 15.2 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 15.6 mi
- Elk Shoals: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ENE 76° | 1,744 m | 11.0 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | E 81° | 1,684 m | 7.4 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | E 82° | 1,553 m | 6.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | E 81° | 1,513 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | E 88° | 1,480 m | 8.7 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,403 m | 8.9 mi |
| Double Top | ENE 59° | 1,382 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SE 124° | 1,354 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 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 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494934 — Fork Mountain, Washington County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583345
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 25 mi
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