Lick Mountain
Lick Mountain rises to 1,073 m in Virginia. Comers Rock stands 1,237 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is High Rocks, a peak 1.2 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Wythe County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044146, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,073 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 14 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 25 mi
- Fox Hunters Paradise Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Rocks: 1.2 mi
- Sand Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 1.8 mi
- Stuart Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Gleaves Knob: 3.4 mi
- Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Withers Park: 4.4 mi
- Long Branch Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Carter Wayside park: 9.8 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 14.1 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 18.8 mi
- Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 4.1 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 13.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Music Center: 24.9 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 22.3 mi
- Sharon Springs: 16.3 mi
- Big Spring: 22.8 mi
- Jeff Matthews Museum: 17.6 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 20.0 mi
- Crooked Creek: 20.5 mi
- Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 24.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 23.2 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 23.4 mi
- This Way: 17.5 mi
- Waterfront: 22.6 mi
- DAK Lights: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Lick Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comers Rock | SW 226° | 1,237 m | 12.6 mi |
| Walker Mountain | N 351° | 1,224 m | 11.9 mi |
| Horse Heaven | SSW 211° | 1,175 m | 8.6 mi |
| Perkins Knob | SSW 203° | 1,171 m | 9.8 mi |
| Jones Knob | S 184° | 1,163 m | 8.6 mi |
| High Knob | SSW 208° | 1,150 m | 10.4 mi |
| Griffith Knob | NW 312° | 1,148 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sand Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,123 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wytheville, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499663 — Lick Mountain, Wythe County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586799
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