Grosses Mountain
Grosses Mountain rises to 1,156 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034067, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,156 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 21.2 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Big Knob: 1.6 mi
- Raffety Knob: 1.7 mi
- Straight Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Locust Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 6.9 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 14.5 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 15.7 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 16.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 13.8 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.6 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 16.3 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 16.7 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 17.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 3.2 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 5.1 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 16.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 6.6 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 7.1 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 15.6 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 16.6 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 23.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 14.9 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 16.5 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 20.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 24.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 18.4 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 21.8 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 24.6 mi
- Brig Spring: 4.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 6.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 7.7 mi
- Big Spring: 20.9 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 6.8 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 7.0 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 9.9 mi
- Listening Rock: 10.3 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 6.9 mi
- Wooly: 14.6 mi
- Heartwood: 18.1 mi
- Backbone Rock: 9.7 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 16.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 17.9 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Grosses Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | E 101° | 1,744 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 102° | 1,689 m | 9.1 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SE 126° | 1,684 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 100° | 1,684 m | 8.8 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SE 133° | 1,553 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | ESE 111° | 1,551 m | 10.3 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,526 m | 10.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 136° | 1,513 m | 4.2 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 | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| 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 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583602
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