Kire Mountain
Kire Mountain rises to 1,034 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49041881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1034 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 24.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 28.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- White Rock Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 10.2 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 10.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wind Rock: 1.9 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 14.3 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 14.9 mi
- The Pylons: 14.9 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 15.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 6.3 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Bear Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Barney's Wall: 6.9 mi
- Barneys Wall: 6.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 18.6 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 14.6 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 15.0 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 15.1 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 15.5 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 16.1 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 14.2 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 14.9 mi
- Modern Art: 15.5 mi
- Modern Art: 15.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 15.6 mi
- Keffer Oak: 9.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 11.5 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 15.8 mi
- Organ Cave: 19.8 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 21.7 mi
- Big Spring: 18.2 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 18.4 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 19.5 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 19.7 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 20.1 mi
- Egypt: 19.0 mi
- Junta: 19.5 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 21.1 mi
- Warford: 23.4 mi
- Whitcomb: 23.8 mi
- Cascades: 6.3 mi
- The Cascades: 21.4 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 21.4 mi
- Middle Cascades: 21.5 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 15.5 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 16.6 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 20.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.4 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Kire Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSW 200° | 1,327 m | 6.3 mi |
| Butt Mountain | SW 236° | 1,282 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | SW 234° | 1,256 m | 8.2 mi |
| Wind Rock | SW 218° | 1,246 m | 1.9 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NNW 332° | 1,242 m | 3.2 mi |
| Brushy Top | WSW 241° | 1,236 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | S 175° | 1,232 m | 1.9 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | S 175° | 1,231 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499633 — Kire Mountain, Giles County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586793
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