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. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
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
131 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
- 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
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 3.7 mi
- Abrams Falls: 23.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 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 |
| 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 |
| Bowling Knob | SW 233° | 1,075 m | 20.3 mi |
| Huff Rock | SW 236° | 1,070 m | 12.3 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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