Guest Mountain
Guest Mountain rises to 855 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the west-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Spearhead Trails, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 18.2 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 16.6 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 16 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 22 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moore Knob: 4.7 mi
- Robinson Knob: 4.9 mi
- Black Hill: 5.9 mi
- Brushy Knob: 6.1 mi
- Pickem Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Coeburn Train Depot: 1.9 mi
- Ringley Park: 2.0 mi
- Veldon D. Dotson Recreation Park: 2.4 mi
- Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 4.6 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 15.9 mi
- Pound Gap: 15.9 mi
- Wise County: 15.9 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 16.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 20.8 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 13.9 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 13.9 mi
- June Tolliver House: 16.3 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 16.6 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 16.8 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 0.8 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 12.8 mi
- Train: 23.3 mi
- Portal 30: 23.3 mi
- Train: 23.3 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Pinnacle: 24.7 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 3.8 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 7.6 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 21.6 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 23.2 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 24.6 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 4.1 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 24.5 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 3.7 mi
- Abrams Falls: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Guest Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | WSW 241° | 1,288 m | 8.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 263° | 1,259 m | 22.1 mi |
| The Doubles | W 262° | 1,247 m | 21.3 mi |
| The Butt | ESE 110° | 1,226 m | 23.8 mi |
| Eagle Knob | WSW 236° | 1,196 m | 7.4 mi |
| Camp Rock | SW 234° | 1,188 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,130 m | 9.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | WSW 258° | 1,123 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493046 — Guest Mountain, Wise County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581880
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