Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 502 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Clearbrook Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49035667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 502 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 1 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 4 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clearbrook Park: 0.7 mi
- Garden City Recreation Building: 2.3 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.4 mi
- Garden City Park: 2.5 mi
- Fern Park: 2.9 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 2.1 mi
- McIlhaney Hill: 2.8 mi
- Stone Mountain: 2.9 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 4.8 mi
- Rorer Hall: 5.3 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 5.3 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 5.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 5.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 5.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 5.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 5.4 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 4.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 5.0 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 5.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 5.4 mi
- The Solar Wind: 9.2 mi
- Explore Park: 6.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.0 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Carvins Cove: 13.6 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Roanoke Star: 3.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 5.4 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 5.4 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 7.6 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.3 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 4.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 11.0 mi
- Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 16.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.2 mi
- Cracker Point: 24.5 mi
- Calico Rock: 24.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 20.3 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 14.0 mi
- Camp Creek: 14.0 mi
- Spring Well #25: 16.1 mi
- Howrytown: 17.1 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | W 271° | 1,141 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SW 215° | 1,083 m | 6.6 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NW 304° | 998 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WSW 250° | 975 m | 9.3 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 340° | 974 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WSW 250° | 972 m | 9.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | WSW 253° | 961 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WSW 257° | 935 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356562246
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 5 mi
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