Hemppatch Mountain
Hemppatch Mountain rises to 935 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bull Run Knob, a peak 2.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49035970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 935 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 8 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 9 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Run Knob: 2.1 mi
- Bent Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Masons Knob: 2.6 mi
- Lost Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Poor Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Otter Park: 3.6 mi
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 4.6 mi
- Garst Mill Park: 6.1 mi
- Bent Tree Dog Park: 6.6 mi
- Mowles Spring Park: 6.7 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 6.2 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 7.7 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Caboose: 8.2 mi
- Salem Museum: 8.7 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 10.1 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 10.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 10.5 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 8.0 mi
- The Solar Wind: 8.7 mi
- The Rock: 8.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 9.1 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 10.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 3.9 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Explore Park: 13.6 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 7.8 mi
- Roanoke Star: 9.8 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 10.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 10.2 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 13.5 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 9.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 14.8 mi
- Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 14.1 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Cracker Point: 19.6 mi
- Calico Rock: 21.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 6.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 6.7 mi
- White Falls: 23.3 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Spring Well #25: 11.3 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
- Howrytown: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Hemppatch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,141 m | 4.4 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SE 136° | 1,083 m | 5.1 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NNW 335° | 998 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 223° | 975 m | 2.1 mi |
| McAfee Knob | N 9° | 974 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 222° | 972 m | 2.1 mi |
| Masons Knob | E 84° | 961 m | 2.6 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNW 328° | 943 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1706683 — Hemppatch Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356593089
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 10 mi
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