Hurricane Mountain
Hurricane Mountain rises to 1,355 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south-southwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49038137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1355 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 19.8 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Alligator Back Overlook · 27 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 27 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 28 mi
- Basin Cove Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Top: 0.7 mi
- Seng Mountain: 1.0 mi
- East Seng Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Grave Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bear Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 14.9 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 15.1 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 17.3 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 17.7 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 10.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 12.9 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 17.0 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 9.0 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 18.7 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 19.9 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 22.2 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 17.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 18.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.5 mi
- AT2020: 14.5 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 14.5 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 15.1 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 18.4 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 21.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 5.3 mi
- Listening Rock: 6.1 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.1 mi
- Brig Spring: 11.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 13.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 13.9 mi
- Big Spring: 16.2 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 14.9 mi
- Wooly: 17.6 mi
- Backbone Rock: 17.4 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Trials Playground: 24.6 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 21.3 mi
- Elk Shoals: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Hurricane Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | SSW 192° | 1,744 m | 3.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | SSE 166° | 1,689 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,684 m | 3.3 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SW 221° | 1,684 m | 6.0 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SW 224° | 1,553 m | 6.6 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SSE 164° | 1,551 m | 5.6 mi |
| Grave Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,540 m | 1.7 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,526 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499591 — Hurricane Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586772
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