Fort Lewis Mountain
Fort Lewis Mountain rises to 998 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the south, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Havens Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.9 miles off.
The story
Fort Lewis Mountain is a mountain which stretches from Ironto in Montgomery County, Virginia to Masons Cove in Roanoke County, Virginia. The rural community of Bradshaw is located in the narrow valley between the south slope of Catawba Mountain and the north slope of Fort Lewis Mountain. The south slope of the mountain faces the western Roanoke Valley and is directly across from Poor Mountain. Fort Lewis Mountain is separated from Brushy Mountain by a narrow gap formed by Masons Creek. Brushy Mountain stretches in the same southwest to northeast direction for several more miles into Botetourt County, Virginia. Another narrow gap separates Fort Lewis Mountain from Little Brushy Mountain, a small 1,926 foot high peak, which is located in Roanoke County just north of Salem, Virginia. The mountain, which had been called Butler Mountain on its west side and Deyerle Mountain on the east, was renamed for Fort Lewis, an early 19th-century fort which was located in western Roanoke County just outside the current city limits of Salem. The fort was named after Andrew Lewis, a colonial era general who lived in the area. This massive chunk of rock, covered with a forest of oak, hemlock, hickory and huge rhododendron, tops out at 3,260 feet above sea level. It is the second highest peak of many that surround Roanoke and one of the least developed. The tallest in the immediate area is Poor Mountain. The mountain is home to the Havens Wildlife Management Area of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The public lands on the mountain are a popular destination for recreational pursuits such as hunting, hiking, mountain biking, and riding all-terrain vehicles.
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Wikidata Q5471513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 998 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 13 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 14 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Knob: 1.2 mi
- Texas Knob: 1.3 mi
- Sandstone Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Cove Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Little Brushy Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Havens State Game Refuge: 3.4 mi
- Wayside Park: 4.3 mi
- Lake Spring Park: 5.1 mi
- Mowles Spring Park: 5.5 mi
- Ted Webber Park: 5.7 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 5.3 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 9.4 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Salem Museum: 6.3 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 12.0 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 12.4 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 12.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 12.4 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.6 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.9 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 12.2 mi
- The Solar Wind: 5.8 mi
- The Rock: 5.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 10.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 11.1 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 12.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 4.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 9.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 12.1 mi
- Keffer Oak: 12.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 12.1 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 12.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 12.6 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 3.6 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 13.3 mi
- Camp Creek: 13.3 mi
- Cascades: 23.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 24.9 mi
- The Cascades: 24.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 22.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 24.8 mi
- Spring Well #25: 20.6 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 22.5 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 22.6 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 23.4 mi
- Howrytown: 17.5 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Fort Lewis Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | S 177° | 1,141 m | 7.7 mi |
| Kelly Knob | WNW 282° | 1,141 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,117 m | 9.1 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 341° | 1,108 m | 9.1 mi |
| Earn Knob | N 353° | 1,097 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,083 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | WNW 287° | 1,045 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SSE 165° | 975 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1483497 — Fort Lewis Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/9275225961
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 12 mi
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