Gap Mountain
Gap Mountain rises to 902 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Recreation Area, a park 1.9 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49031018, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 902 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 22.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 27 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 28 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newport Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 2.1 mi
- Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Biking Skills Park: 3.0 mi
- Tom's Creek Mining and War Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Heritage Community Park & Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Keister Hill: 2.2 mi
- Spruce Run Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Julian Knob: 4.0 mi
- Johns Creek Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Clover Hollow Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 4.6 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 5.3 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 5.3 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 5.4 mi
- The Pylons: 5.4 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 3.2 mi
- Modern Art: 4.5 mi
- Modern Art: 4.5 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 5.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 5.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 9.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 14.7 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 5.1 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 5.5 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 5.7 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 11.3 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 11.6 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Bear Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Barney's Wall: 8.0 mi
- Barneys Wall: 8.0 mi
- High Point: 16.7 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 5.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 7.3 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 9.9 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 18.1 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 18.2 mi
- Keffer Oak: 8.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 11.3 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 17.7 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 23.9 mi
- Cascades: 7.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 20.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 20.7 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 23.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 12.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Water Front: 20.2 mi
- Waterfront: 23.4 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Junta: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Gap Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 336° | 1,327 m | 5.5 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NW 313° | 1,282 m | 9.4 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NW 313° | 1,256 m | 9.1 mi |
| Wind Rock | N 353° | 1,246 m | 9.5 mi |
| Wrights Peak | N 354° | 1,242 m | 13.9 mi |
| Brushy Top | NW 324° | 1,236 m | 9.7 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | N 1° | 1,232 m | 9.1 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | N 1° | 1,231 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1483583 — Gap Mountain, Montgomery County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356571806
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