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
- 1,526 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.7 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Alligator Back Overlook · 23 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 23 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 23 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Pinnacle: 0.3 mi
- Wilburn Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Fees Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Rogers: 2.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Big Pinnacle: 0.0 mi
- Listening Rock: 0.8 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 15.2 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.7 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 23.5 mi
- 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
- Brig Spring: 11.3 mi
- Cave Spring: 12.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 12.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 23.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 23.4 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 14.8 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 15.6 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 19.5 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Trials Playground: 22.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Backbone Rock: 17.1 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 23.2 mi
- Alligator Back: 23.2 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 15.5 mi
- Wooly: 22.3 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 17.0 mi
- Elk Shoals: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Haw Orchard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | NW 317° | 1,744 m | 2.9 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | NNW 344° | 1,689 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,684 m | 2.0 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | W 277° | 1,684 m | 5.4 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | W 274° | 1,553 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SE 130° | 1,551 m | 0.3 mi |
| Grave Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,540 m | 5.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | W 274° | 1,513 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
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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