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Haw Orchard Mountain

Haw Orchard Mountain rises to 1,526 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the northwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Pinnacle, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49035312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1526 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.62965, -81.50941

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
  • Ashe County Park: 13.5 mi
  • Family Central: 14.4 mi
  • Paddy Mountain Park: 15.4 mi
  • Laurel Creek Park: 15.5 mi
  • Back Street Park: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 6
Museums: 6
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Smyth County Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 14.6 mi
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • AT2020: 14.8 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 14.8 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 15.6 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 18.5 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 19.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Brig Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Cave Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Trials Playground: 22.3 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Newman Basket Company: 15.5 mi
  • Wooly: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Haw Orchard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersNW 317°1,744 m2.9 mi
Wilburn RidgeNNW 344°1,689 m1.6 mi
Pine MountainNNW 341°1,684 m2.0 mi
Whitetop MountainW 277°1,684 m5.4 mi
Buzzard RockW 274°1,553 m5.9 mi
Little PinnacleSE 130°1,551 m0.3 mi
Grave MountainNNW 328°1,540 m5.6 mi
Beech MountainW 274°1,513 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:0920:1020:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3417:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541505866706863524236
Precip in3.93.34.14.85.34.44.84.64.33.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499536 — Haw Orchard Mountain, Grayson County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356586746

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