High Point
High Point rises to 1,225 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Comer’s Creek Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4764036.
Wikidata Q49036380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,225 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 25 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 27 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 27 mi
- Basin Cove Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Plummer Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Dickey Knob: 2.8 mi
- East Seng Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Barton Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 11.4 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 18.7 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 18.9 mi
- Ashe County Park: 20.7 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 14.7 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 16.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 13.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 15.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 17.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 17.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 24.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 7.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 18.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 20.6 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 21.7 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 7.5 mi
- Listening Rock: 8.3 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 18.5 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 18.8 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 18.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.0 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Backbone Rock: 21.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 24.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 18.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 18.9 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 18.7 mi
- Wooly: 18.8 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | SW 216° | 1,744 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | SSW 202° | 1,689 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,684 m | 6.0 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SW 227° | 1,684 m | 9.8 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SSW 192° | 1,551 m | 7.7 mi |
| Grave Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,540 m | 5.4 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,526 m | 7.6 mi |
| Stone Mountain | S 180° | 1,503 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK Creek 4ssw, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499556 — High Point, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586754
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