Hightop Mountain
Hightop Mountain rises to 796 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls Ridge Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 796 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 17 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 18 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 21 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Knob: 1.7 mi
- Paris Mountain: 2.1 mi
- High Knob: 2.6 mi
- Dee Cee Hill: 2.7 mi
- Middle Piece Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Sunrise Park: 3.3 mi
- The Mill's Best Tree: 3.4 mi
- Crestview Tot Lot: 3.6 mi
- Dehart Street Tot Lot: 3.9 mi
- Graves Park: 4.1 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 4.9 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 4.9 mi
- The Pylons: 5.0 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 5.1 mi
- African American Memory & Storyboard: 6.6 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 4.6 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 5.1 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 5.4 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 5.8 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 6.6 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 3.4 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 4.7 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 4.9 mi
- Modern Art: 8.6 mi
- Modern Art: 8.6 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 3.2 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 5.0 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 12.7 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 12.5 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 13.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 6.7 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 9.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 10.2 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 12.6 mi
- One Clear View: 19.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 13.9 mi
- Bear Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Barney's Wall: 17.9 mi
- Barneys Wall: 17.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 10.5 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cascades: 17.3 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 12.8 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Water Front: 19.9 mi
- Waterfront: 24.6 mi
- Spring Well #25: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Hightop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 312° | 1,327 m | 15.0 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNW 328° | 1,232 m | 16.5 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,231 m | 16.6 mi |
| Doe Mountain | NW 309° | 1,211 m | 16.5 mi |
| Minie Ball Hill | NW 325° | 1,197 m | 17.1 mi |
| Poor Mountain | E 93° | 1,141 m | 10.1 mi |
| Kelly Knob | NNW 331° | 1,141 m | 11.9 mi |
| Johns Creek Mountain | NW 311° | 1,121 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468038 — Hightop Mountain, Montgomery County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562330
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 22 mi
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