Lick Mountain
Lick Mountain rises to 545 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 545 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 8 mi
- Montvale Overlook · 10 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- Harvey's Knob Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knob: 1.8 mi
- Green Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bramletts Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Tyler Knob: 2.8 mi
- Montvale Park: 5.4 mi
- Montvale Wayside: 6.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Park: 6.8 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 6.8 mi
- Goode Park: 7.4 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 6.2 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 11.2 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 11.2 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 8.9 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 11.2 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 11.2 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 11.3 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 11.7 mi
- Explore Park: 7.2 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 12.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 15.4 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 18.9 mi
- Rhinoceros: 9.9 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 11.6 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 11.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 13.8 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.2 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 11.3 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 11.6 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 11.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 13.2 mi
- Victory Garden: 11.2 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 11.7 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Beale Garden: 12.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Big Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hunting Spring: 23.8 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.5 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 12.8 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 15.2 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 19.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 24.5 mi
- Howrytown: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Lick Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 37° | 1,215 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NE 37° | 1,167 m | 12.0 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NE 38° | 1,119 m | 14.2 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NE 37° | 1,074 m | 11.7 mi |
| Harkening Hill | NNE 30° | 1,026 m | 13.1 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | NNE 32° | 942 m | 15.4 mi |
| Little Harkening Hill | NNE 28° | 901 m | 13.7 mi |
| McFalls Mountain | NNE 27° | 842 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1469401 — Lick Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562937
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- Roanoke · 11 mi
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